Isoprenoid biosynthesis in bacterial pathogens

S Heuston, M Begley, CGM Gahan, C Hill - Microbiology, 2012 - microbiologyresearch.org
Isoprenoid biosynthesis is essential for cell survival. Over 35 000 isoprenoid molecules have
been identified to date in the three domains of life (bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes), and …

[HTML][HTML] Bioactive substances of cyanobacteria and microalgae: sources, metabolism, and anticancer mechanism insights

A Bouyahya, S Bakrim, I Chamkhi, D Taha… - Biomedicine & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria and microalgae contain various phytochemicals, including bioactive
components in the form of secondary metabolites, namely flavonoids, phenolic acids …

Genome-based identification and comparative analysis of enzymes for carotenoid biosynthesis in microalgae

PK Narang, J Dey, SR Mahapatra, R Roy… - World Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Microalgae are potential feedstocks for the commercial production of carotenoids, however,
the metabolic pathways for carotenoid biosynthesis across algal lineage are largely …

Drugs and their molecular targets: an updated overview

Y Landry, JP Gies - Fundamental & clinical pharmacology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
About 330 targets bind approved drugs, 270 encoded by the human genome and 60
belonging to pathogenic organisms. A large number of druggable targets have been …

Over 40 years of fosmidomycin drug research: a comprehensive review and future opportunities

T Knak, MA Abdullaziz, S Höfmann, LA Alves Avelar… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
To address the continued rise of multi-drug-resistant microorganisms, the development of
novel drugs with new modes of action is urgently required. While humans biosynthesize the …

Metabolic pathways in the apicoplast of apicomplexa

F Seeber, D Soldati-Favre - International review of cell and molecular …, 2010 - Elsevier
Intracellular parasites of the phylum Apicomplexa harbor a plastid-like organelle called
apicoplast that is the most reduced organelle of this type known. Due to the medical …

Biosynthesis of carotenoids in plants: enzymes and color

C Rosas-Saavedra, C Stange - Carotenoids in nature: biosynthesis …, 2016 - Springer
Carotenoids are the most important biocolor isoprenoids responsible for yellow, orange and
red colors found in nature. In plants, they are synthesized in plastids of photosynthetic and …

Novel antibacterials: alternatives to traditional antibiotics

JW Betts, M Hornsey, RM La Ragione - Advances in microbial physiology, 2018 - Elsevier
With the advent of the global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) crisis, our arsenal of effective
antibiotics is diminishing. The widespread use and misuse of antibiotics in human and …

Identifying essential genes in bacterial metabolic networks with machine learning methods

K Plaimas, R Eils, R König - BMC systems biology, 2010 - Springer
Background Identifying essential genes in bacteria supports to identify potential drug targets
and an understanding of minimal requirements for a synthetic cell. However, experimentally …

Molecular basis of fosmidomycin's action on the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

T Umeda, N Tanaka, Y Kusakabe, M Nakanishi… - Scientific Reports, 2011 - nature.com
The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for the deaths of more
than a million people each year. Fosmidomycin has been proven to be efficient in the …