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@ARTICLE{Nguyen:810025,
author = {Nguyen, G. T. T. and Erlenkamp, G. and Jäck, O. and
Küberl, A. and Bott, M. and Fiorani, F. and Gohlke, H. and
Groth, G.},
title = {{C}halcone-based {S}elective {I}nhibitors of a {C}4 {P}lant
{K}ey {E}nzyme as {N}ovel {P}otential {H}erbicides},
journal = {Scientific reports},
volume = {6},
issn = {2045-2322},
address = {London},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
reportid = {FZJ-2016-02908},
pages = {27333 -},
year = {2016},
abstract = {Weeds are a challenge for global food production due to
their rapidly evolving resistance against herbicides. We
have identified chalcones as selective inhibitors of
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC), a key enzyme for
carbon fixation and biomass increase in the C4
photosynthetic pathway of many of the world’s most
damaging weeds. In contrast, many of the most important crop
plants use C3 photosynthesis. Here, we show that
2′,3′,4′,3,4-Pentahydroxychalcone
(IC50 = 600 nM) and 2′,3′,4′-Trihydroxychalcone
(IC50 = 4.2 μM) are potent inhibitors of C4 PEPC but
do not affect C3 PEPC at a same concentration range
(selectivity factor: 15–45). Binding and modeling studies
indicate that the active compounds bind at the same site as
malate/aspartate, the natural feedback inhibitors of the C4
pathway. At the whole plant level, both substances showed
pronounced growth-inhibitory effects on the C4 weed
Amaranthus retroflexus, while there were no measurable
effects on oilseed rape, a C3 plant. Growth of selected soil
bacteria was not affected by these substances. Our chalcone
compounds are the most potent and selective C4 PEPC
inhibitors known to date. They offer a novel approach to
combat C4 weeds based on a hitherto unexplored mode of
allosteric inhibition of a C4 plant key enzyme.},
cin = {IBG-2 / IBG-1},
ddc = {000},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-2-20101118 / I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-1-20101118},
pnm = {582 - Plant Science (POF3-582) / 583 - Innovative
Synergisms (POF3-583)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-582 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-583},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000377127900002},
pubmed = {pmid:27263468},
doi = {10.1038/srep27333},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/810025},
}