New developments in RiPP discovery, enzymology and engineering

M Montalbán-López, TA Scott, S Ramesh… - Natural product …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to June 2020 Ribosomally-synthesized and post-translationally modified
peptides (RiPPs) are a large group of natural products. A community-driven review in 2013 …

Enzymatic carbon–sulfur bond formation in natural product biosynthesis

KL Dunbar, DH Scharf, A Litomska… - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Sulfur plays a critical role for the development and maintenance of life on earth, which is
reflected by the wealth of primary metabolites, macromolecules, and cofactors bearing this …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of global trends in classification, methods of preparation and application of bacteriocins

M Zimina, O Babich, A Prosekov, S Sukhikh, S Ivanova… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper summarizes information about the division of bacteriocins into classes (Gram-
negative bacteria, Gram-positive bacteria, and archaea). Methods for producing bacteriocins …

Unrivalled diversity: the many roles and reactions of bacterial cytochromes P450 in secondary metabolism

A Greule, JE Stok, JJ De Voss, MJ Cryle - Natural product reports, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2000 up to 2018 The cytochromes P450 (P450s) are a superfamily of heme-
containing monooxygenases that perform diverse catalytic roles in many species, including …

The expanding structural variety among bacteriocins from Gram-positive bacteria

JZ Acedo, S Chiorean, JC Vederas… - FEMS microbiology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Bacteria use various strategies to compete in an ecological niche, including the production
of bacteriocins. Bacteriocins are ribosomally synthesized antibacterial peptides, and it has …

YcaO-dependent posttranslational amide activation: biosynthesis, structure, and function

BJ Burkhart, CJ Schwalen, G Mann, JH Naismith… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
With advances in sequencing technology, uncharacterized proteins and domains of
unknown function (DUFs) are rapidly accumulating in sequence databases and offer an …

Uncovering the unexplored diversity of thioamidated ribosomal peptides in Actinobacteria using the RiPPER genome mining tool

J Santos-Aberturas, G Chandra… - Nucleic Acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The rational discovery of new specialized metabolites by genome mining represents a very
promising strategy in the quest for new bioactive molecules. Ribosomally synthesized and …

[PDF][PDF] Engineering lanthipeptides by introducing a large variety of RiPP modifications to obtain new-to-nature bioactive peptides

Y Fu, Y Xu, F Ruijne, OP Kuipers - FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Natural bioactive peptide discovery is a challenging and time-consuming process. However,
advances in synthetic biology are providing promising new avenues in peptide engineering …

Atropopeptides are a novel family of ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptides with a complex molecular shape

P Nanudorn, S Thiengmag, F Biermann… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biomacromolecules are known to feature complex three‐dimensional shapes that are
essential for their function. Among natural products, ambiguous molecular shapes are a rare …

The hidden enzymology of bacterial natural product biosynthesis

TA Scott, J Piel - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2019 - nature.com
Bacterial natural products display astounding structural diversity, which, in turn, endows
them with a remarkable range of biological activities that are of significant value to modern …