2023

Structural and Biochemical Insights into Post-Translational Arginine-to-Ornithine Peptide Modifications by an Atypical Arginase
Mordhorst S, Badmann T, Bösch NM, Morinaka BI, Rauch H, Piel J, Groll M, Vagstad AL.
2022

Ribosomally derived lipopeptides containing distinct fatty acyl moieties
Hubrich F, Bösch NM, Chepkirui C, Morinaka BI, Rust M, Gugger M, Robinson SL, Vagstad AL, Piel J.
2020

Posttranslationally Acting Arginases Provide a Ribosomal Route to Non-proteinogenic Ornithine Residues in Diverse Peptide Sequences
Mordhorst S, Morinaka BI, Vagstad AL, Piel J.

Landornamides: Antiviral Ornithine-Containing Ribosomal Peptides Discovered through Genome Mining
Bösch NM, Borsa M, Greczmiel U, Morinaka BI, Gugger M, Oxenius A, Vagstad AL, Piel J.l
2019

Bacteria-induced production of the antibacterial sesquiterpene lagopodin B in Coprinopsis cinerea.
Stöckli M, Morinaka BI, Lackner G, Kombrink A, Sieber R, Margot C, Stanley CE, deMello AJ, Piel J, Künzler M
2018

Radical S-Adenosylmethionine Peptide Epimerases: Detection of Activity and Characterization of d-Amino Acid Products.
Morinaka BI, Vagstad AL, Piel J.

Natural noncanonical protein splicing yields products with diverse β-amino acid residues.
Morinaka BI, Lakis E, Verest M, Helf MJ, Scalvenzi T, Vagstad AL, Sims J, Sunagawa S, Gugger M, Piel J.

Liposomal Circular Dichroism (L-CD) of Arenoyl Derivatives of Sphingolipids. Amplification of Cotton Effects in Ordered Lipid Bilayers.
Molinski TF, Broaddus CD, Morinaka BI

Toblerols: Cyclopropanol-Containing Polyketide Modulators of Antibiosis in Methylobacteria.
Ueoka R, Bortfeld-Miller M, Morinaka BI, Vorholt JA, Piel J.
2017

Cyclopropanol-Containing Polyketide Modulators of Antibiosis in Methylobacteria.
Ueoka R, Bortfeld-Miller M, Morinaka BI, Vorholt JA, Piel J.

Seven enzymes create extraordinary molecular complexity in an uncultivated bacterium.
Freeman MF, Helf MJ, Bhushan A, Morinaka BI, Piel J.

An Orthogonal D2 O-Based Induction System that Provides Insights into d-Amino Acid Pattern Formation by Radical S-Adenosylmethionine Peptide Epimerases.
Morinaka BI, Verest M, Freeman MF, Gugger M, Piel J.
2016

A Lanthipeptide-like N-Terminal Leader Region Guides Peptide Epimerization by Radical SAM Epimerases: Implications for RiPP Evolution.
Fuchs SW, Lackner G, Morinaka BI, Morishita Y, Asai T, Riniker S, Piel J.
2015

Metabolic and evolutionary origin of actin-binding polyketides from diverse organisms.
Ueoka R, Uria AR, Reiter S, Mori T, Karbaum P, Peters EE, Helfrich EJ, Morinaka BI, Gugger M, Takeyama H, Matsunaga S, Piel J.
2014

Radical S-adenosyl methionine epimerases: regioselective introduction of diverse D-amino acid patterns into peptide natural products.
Morinaka BI, Vagstad AL, Helf MJ, Gugger M, Kegler C, Freeman MF, Bode HB, Piel J.

Structures and solution conformational dynamics of stylissamides G and H from the Bahamian sponge Stylissa caribica.
Wang X, Morinaka BI, Molinski TF.
2013

An enzymatic domain for the formation of cyclic ethers in complex polyketides.
Pöplau P, Frank S, Morinaka BI, Piel J.

Metagenomic natural product discovery in lichen provides evidence for a family of biosynthetic pathways in diverse symbioses.
Kampa A, Gagunashvili AN, Gulder TA, Morinaka BI, Daolio C, Godejohann M, Miao VP, Piel J, Andrésson Ó.
2012

Integrated approaches to the configurational assignment of marine natural products
Molinski TF, Morinaka BI.

Metagenome mining reveals polytheonamides as posttranslationally modified ribosomal peptides.
Freeman MF, Gurgui C, Helf MJ, Morinaka BI, Uria AR, Oldham NJ, Sahl HG, Matsunaga S, Piel J.

De novo synthesis of benzosceptrin C and nagelamide H from 7-15N-oroidin: implications for pyrrole-aminoimidazole alkaloid biosynthesis.
Stout EP, Morinaka BI, Wang YG, Romo D, Molinski TF.
2011

Mollenyne A, a long-chain chlorodibromohydrin amide from the sponge Spirastrella mollis.
Morinaka BI, Molinski TF.

Phorboxazole Synthetic Studies: Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Phorboxazole A and Hemi-Phorboxazole A Related Analogues.
Smith AB 3rd, Hogan AM, Liu Z, Razler TM, Meis RM, Morinaka BI, Molinski TF.

Biostructural features of additional jasplakinolide (jaspamide) analogues.
Watts KR, Morinaka BI, Amagata T, Robinson SJ, Tenney K, Bray WM, Gassner NC, Lokey RS, Media J, Valeriote FA, Crews P.
2010

New structures and bioactivity properties of jasplakinolide (jaspamide) analogues from marine sponges.
Robinson SJ, Morinaka BI, Amagata T, Tenney K, Bray WM, Gassner NC, Lokey RS, Crews P

Synthesis of 7-(15)N-Oroidin and evaluation of utility for biosynthetic studies of pyrrole-imidazole alkaloids by microscale (1)H-(15)N HSQC and FTMS.
Wang YG, Morinaka BI, Reyes JC, Wolff JJ, Romo D, Molinski TF.
2009

A tetrachloro polyketide hexahydro-1H-isoindolone, muironolide A, from the marine sponge Phorbas sp. natural products at the nanomole scale.
Dalisay DS, Morinaka BI, Skepper CK, Molinski TF.

Amaroxocanes A and B: sulfated dimeric sterols defend the Caribbean coral reef sponge Phorbas amaranthus from fish predators.
Morinaka BI, Pawlik JR, Molinski TF.
2007

Amaranzole A, a new N-imidazolyl steroid from Phorbas amaranthus.
Morinaka BI, Masuno MN, Pawlik JR, Molinski TF.

Sponge-derived fijianolide polyketide class: further evaluation of their structural and cytotoxicity properties.
Johnson TA, Tenney K, Cichewicz RH, Morinaka BI, White KN, Amagata T, Subramanian B, Media J, Mooberry SL, Valeriote FA, Crews P.

Ene-yne tetrahydrofurans from the sponge Xestospongia muta. exploiting a weak CD effect for assignment of configuration.
Morinaka BI, Skepper CK, Molinski TF.
2006

A chemical study of cyclic depsipeptides produced by a sponge-derived fungus.
Amagata T, Morinaka BI, Amagata A, Tenney K, Valeriote FA, Lobkovsky E, Clardy J, Crews P.




