Covering 1965 to February 2024Plants are prolific peptide chemists and are known to make
thousands of different peptidic molecules. These peptides vary dramatically in their size …

BURP domain peptide cyclases, or BpCs (an abbreviation we recommend in this opinion),
are an emerging class of copper enzymes which catalyze the oxidative macrocyclization of …

Plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) play an important role in plant growth and
rhizosphere soil. In order to evaluate the effects of PGPR strains on tea plant growth and the …

Abstract Carbon–hydrogen (C–H) bonds are the foundation of essentially every organic
molecule, making them an ideal place to do chemical synthesis. The key challenge is …

Peptide cyclization is a defining feature of many bioactive molecules, particularly in the
ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide (RiPP) family of natural …

In recent years, genome and transcriptome mining have dramatically expanded the rate of
discovering diverse natural products from bacteria and fungi. In plants, this approach is often …

Site-specific protein modification techniques have led to breakthroughs across diverse
fields, such as cell imaging, proteomics, biomaterials, and pharmaceutical protein and …

N‐Methylation of the peptide backbone confers pharmacologically beneficial characteristics
to peptides that include greater membrane permeability and resistance to proteolytic …

Fungal biosynthetic gene clusters often include genes encoding transmembrane proteins,
which have been mostly thought to be transporters exporting the products. However, there is …

Specialized metabolism plays a central role in how plants cope with both biotic and abiotic
stresses in order to survive and reproduce within dynamic and challenging environments …