[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive structural overview of the C-terminal ligand-binding domains of the TetR family regulators

J Filipek, K Chalaskiewicz, A Kosmider… - Journal of Structural …, 2024 - Elsevier
TetR family regulators (TFRs) represent a large group of one-component bacterial signal
transduction systems which recognize environmental signals, like the presence of antibiotics …

Small molecule inducers of actinobacteria natural product biosynthesis

AY Alwali, EI Parkinson - Journal of Industrial Microbiology and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Actinobacteria are a large and diverse group of bacteria that are known to produce a wide
range of secondary metabolites, many of which have important biological activities …

Deepnap: A deep learning method to predict protein–nucleic acid binding affinity from their sequences

U Pandey, SM Behara, S Sharma, RS Patil… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Predicting the protein–nucleic acid (PNA) binding affinity solely from their sequences is of
paramount importance for the experimental design and analysis of PNA interactions …

A new parameter for quantitatively characterizing antibiotic hormesis: QSAR construction and joint toxic action judgment

H Sun, J Yao, Z Long, R Luo, J Wang, SS Liu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Antibiotics usually induce the hormetic effects on bacteria, featured by low-dose stimulation
and high-dose inhibition, which challenges the central belief in toxicity assessment and …

Synthesis of gamma-butyrolactone hormones enables understanding of natural product induction

LE Wilbanks, HE Hennigan… - ACS Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bacteria produce natural products (NPs) via biosynthetic gene clusters. Unfortunately, many
biosynthetic gene clusters are silent under traditional laboratory conditions. To access novel …

Insights into Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) growth and pigment formation with high‐throughput online monitoring

M Finger, F Sentek, L Hartmann… - Engineering in Life …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Streptomyces species are intensively studied for their ability to produce a variety of natural
products. However, conditions influencing and leading to product formation are often not …

Polyketide starter and extender units serve as regulatory ligands to coordinate the biosynthesis of antibiotics in actinomycetes

P Wu, K Chen, B Li, Y Zhang, H Wu, Y Chen, S Ren… - Mbio, 2021 - journals.asm.org
Polyketides are one of the largest categories of secondary metabolites, and their
biosynthesis is initiated by polyketide synthases (PKSs) using coenzyme A esters of short …

α-Pyrone mediates quorum sensing through the conservon system in Nocardiopsis sp.

B Zhu, Z Cen, Y Chen, K Shang, J Zhai, M Han… - Microbiological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Actinobacteria produce a plethora of bioactive secondary metabolites that are often
regulated by quorum-sensing signaling molecules via specific binding to their cognate TetR …

Molecular basis for coordinating secondary metabolite production by bacterial and plant signaling molecules

N Zhang, J Wu, S Zhang, M Yuan, H Xu, J Li… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - jbc.org
The production of secondary metabolites is a major mechanism used by beneficial
rhizobacteria to antagonize plant pathogens. These bacteria have evolved to coordinate the …

RS24090, a TetR family transcriptional repressor, negatively affects the rimocidin biosynthesis in Streptomyces rimosus M527

D Yu, H Lin, A Bechthold, X Yu, Z Ma - International Journal of Biological …, 2025 - Elsevier
The TetR family of regulators (TFRs), commonly reported as repressors, plays a role in
regulating secondary metabolite production in Streptomyces. In this study, we sought to …