Biosynthesis of polycyclopropanated high energy biofuels

P Cruz-Morales, K Yin, A Landera, JR Cort, RP Young… - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
Cyclopropane-functionalized hydrocarbons are excellent fuels due their high energy
density. However, the organic synthesis of these molecules is challenging. In this work, we …

The design-build-test-learn cycle for metabolic engineering of streptomycetes

CM Whitford, P Cruz-Morales, JD Keasling… - Essays in …, 2021 - portlandpress.com
Streptomycetes are producers of a wide range of specialized metabolites of great medicinal
and industrial importance, such as antibiotics, antifungals, or pesticides. Having been the …

Recent insights into oxidative metabolism of quercetin: Catabolic profiles, degradation pathways, catalyzing metalloenzymes and molecular mechanisms

B Guo, F Chou, L Huang, F Yin, J Fang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Quercetin is the most abundant polyphenolic flavonoid (flavonol subclass) in vegetal foods
and medicinal plants. This dietary chemopreventive agent has drawn significant interest for …

Optimized production of concanamycins using a rational metabolic engineering strategy

F Pereira, M McCauley, K Lev, L Verhey-Henke… - Metabolic …, 2025 - Elsevier
Plecomacrolides, such as concanamycins and bafilomycins, are potent and specific
inhibitors of vacuolar-type ATPase. Concanamycins are 18-membered macrolides with …

Bacterioferritin: a key iron storage modulator that affects strain growth and butenyl-spinosyn biosynthesis in Saccharopolyspora pogona

J Tang, Z Zhu, H He, Z Liu, Z **a, J Chen, J Hu… - Microbial Cell …, 2021 - Springer
Background Butenyl-spinosyn, produced by Saccharopolyspora pogona, is a promising
biopesticide due to excellent insecticidal activity and broad pesticidal spectrum …

Streptomyces: host for refactoring of diverse bioactive secondary metabolites

V Sharma, R Kaur, R Salwan - 3 Biotech, 2021 - Springer
Microbial secondary metabolites are intensively explored due to their demands in
pharmaceutical, agricultural and food industries. Streptomyces are one of the largest …

AdpA, a developmental regulator, promotes ε-poly-l-lysine biosynthesis in Streptomycesalbulus

R Huang, H Liu, W Zhao, S Wang, S Wang, J Cai… - Microbial Cell …, 2022 - Springer
Background AdpA is a global regulator of morphological differentiation and secondary
metabolism in Streptomyces, but the regulatory roles of the Streptomyces AdpA family on the …

New insights into xenobiotic tolerance of Antarctic bacteria: transcriptomic analysis of Pseudomonas sp. TNT3 during 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene biotransformation

MÁ Cabrera, SL Márquez, JM Pérez-Donoso - Environmental Science and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The xenobiotic 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) is a highly persistent environmental
contaminant, whose biotransformation by microorganisms has attracted renewed attention …

Effects of a Pirin-like protein on strain growth and spinosad biosynthesis in Saccharopolyspora spinosa

L Cao, Z Zhu, H Qin, Z **a, J **e, X Li, J Rang… - Applied Microbiology …, 2023 - Springer
Pirin family proteins perform a variety of biological functions and widely exist in all living
organisms. A few studies have shown that Pirin family proteins may be involved in the …

Recent achievements in the generation of stable genome alterations/mutations in species of the genus Streptomyces

J Kormanec, B Rezuchova, D Homerova… - Applied microbiology …, 2019 - Springer
The bacteria of the genus Streptomyces are the most valuable source of natural products of
industrial and medical importance. A recent explosion of Streptomyces genome sequence …