• The crystal structure of haemoglobin from Atlantic cod 

      Helland, Ronny; Bjørkeng, Eva katrin; Rothweiler, Ulli; Sydnes, Magne Olav; Pampanin, Daniela Maria (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-16)
      The crystal structure of haemoglobin from Atlantic cod has been solved to 2.54 A˚ resolution. The structure consists of two tetramers in the crystallographic asymmetric unit. The structure of haemoglobin obtained from one individual cod suggests polymorphism in the tetrameric assembly.
    • Kinase chemodiversity from the Arctic: the breitfussins 

      Østnes Hansen, Kine; Andersen, Jeanette hammer; Bayer, Annette; Pandey, Sunil Kumar; Lorentzen, Marianne; Jørgensen, Kåre Bredeli; Sydnes, Magne Olav; Guttormsen, Yngve; Baumann, Matthias; Koch, Uwe; Klebl, Bert; Eickhoff, Jan; Haug, Bengt Erik; Isaksson, Johan; Hansen, Espen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-10-24)
      In this work, we demonstrate that the indole-oxazole-pyrrole framework of the breitfussin family of natural products is a promising scaffold for kinase inhibition. Six new halogenated natural products, breitfussin C–H (3 – 8) were isolated and characterized from the Arctic, marine hydrozoan Thuiaria breitfussi. The structures of two of the new natural products were also confirmed by total synthesis. ...
    • Paralithocins, Antimicrobial Peptides with Unusual Disulfide Connectivity from the Red King Crab, Paralithodes camtschaticus 

      Moe, Morten Kaare; Haug, Tor; Sydnes, Magne Olav; Sperstad, Sigmund; Li, Chun; Vaagsfjord, Lena Christine; de la Vega, Enrique; Stensvåg, Klara (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2018-01-17)
      As part of an ongoing exploration of marine invertebrates as a source of new antimicrobial peptides, hemocyte extracts from the red king crab, <i>Paralithodes camtschaticus</i>, were studied. Three cationic cysteine (Cys)-rich peptides, named paralithocins 1–3, were isolated by bioassay-guided purification, and their amino acid sequences determined by Edman degradation and expressed sequences tag ...
    • Regiodivergent Synthesis of 11H-Indolo[3,2-c]quinolines and Neocryptolepine from a Common Starting Material 

      Håheim, Katja Stangeland; Lund, Bjarte Aarmo; Sydnes, Magne Olav (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-23)
      A large number of diversely functionalized analogs of the bioactive natural products neocryptolepine and isocryptolepine have been prepared from a series of 3-bromoquinoline derivatives. The neocryptolepines were obtained by a Pd<sup>0</sup>-catalyzed C−C bond coupling followed by C−N bond formation in yields up to 80 %, whereas the indoloquinolines were prepared by a Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling ...
    • Synthesis and Evaluation of the Tetracyclic Ring-System of Isocryptolepine and Regioiso-Mers for Antimalarial, Antiproliferative and Antimicrobial Activities 

      Håheim, Katja Stangeland; Lindback, Emil; Tan, Kah Ni; Albrigtsen, Marte; Helgeland, Ida Therese Urdal; Clemence, Lauga; Matringe, Theodora; Kennedy, Emily K.; Andersen, Jeanette Hammer; Avery, Vicky M.; Sydnes, Magne Olav (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-30)
      A series of novel quinoline-based tetracyclic ring-systems were synthesized and evaluated in vitro for their antiplasmodial, antiproliferative and antimicrobial activities. The novel hydroiodide salts 10 and 21 showed the most promising antiplasmodial inhibition, with compound 10 displaying higher selectivity than the employed standards. The antiproliferative assay revealed novel pyridophenanthridine ...
    • Total synthesis of tubastrine and 3-dehydroxy tubastrine by microwave-assisted cross-coupling reactions 

      Lorentzen, Marianne; Bayer, Annette; Sydnes, Magne Olav; Jørgensen, Kåre Bredeli (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-03)
      The first syntheses of tubastrine and 3-dehydroxy tubastrine are described. The target compounds were prepared in four consecutive steps from commercially available starting materials. The central scaffold was formed by a microwave-assisted C–N cross-coupling reaction between 1,3-bis(<i>tert</i>-butoxycarbonyl)-guanidine and (<i>E</i>)-((4-(2-iodovinyl)-1,2-phenylene)bis(oxy))bis(<i>tert</i>-butyl ...