Mining genomes to illuminate the specialized chemistry of life

MH Medema, T de Rond, BS Moore - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021‏ - nature.com
All organisms produce specialized organic molecules, ranging from small volatile chemicals
to large gene-encoded peptides, that have evolved to provide them with diverse cellular and …

Mind the mushroom: natural product biosynthetic genes and enzymes of Basidiomycota

M Gressler, NA Löhr, T Schäfer, S Lawrinowitz… - Natural product …, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to September 2020 Mushroom-forming fungi of the division Basidiomycota
have traditionally been recognised as prolific producers of structurally diverse and often …

Disarming the host: detoxification of plant defense compounds during fungal necrotrophy

NM Westrick, DL Smith, M Kabbage - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
While fungal biotrophs are dependent on successfully suppressing/subverting host defenses
during their interaction with live cells, necrotrophs, due to their lifestyle are often confronted …

[PDF][PDF] The architecture of metabolism maximizes biosynthetic diversity in the largest class of fungi

E Gluck-Thaler, S Haridas, M Binder… - Molecular Biology …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Ecological diversity in fungi is largely defined by metabolic traits, including the ability to
produce secondary or “specialized” metabolites (SMs) that mediate interactions with other …

Dynamics in Secondary Metabolite Gene Clusters in Otherwise Highly Syntenic and Stable Genomes in the Fungal Genus Botrytis

CA Valero-Jiménez, MBF Steentjes… - Genome biology and …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Fungi of the genus Botrytis infect> 1,400 plant species and cause losses in many crops.
Besides the broad host range pathogen Botrytis cinerea, most other species are restricted to …

CLOCI: unveiling cryptic fungal gene clusters with generalized detection

Z Konkel, L Kubatko, JC Slot - Nucleic Acids Research, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Gene clusters are genomic loci that contain multiple genes that are functionally and
genetically linked. Gene clusters collectively encode diverse functions, including small …

Endophyte genomes support greater metabolic gene cluster diversity compared with non-endophytes in Trichoderma

K Scott, Z Konkel, E Gluck-Thaler, GE Valero David… - PloS one, 2023‏ - journals.plos.org
Trichoderma is a cosmopolitan genus with diverse lifestyles and nutritional modes, including
mycotrophy, saprophytism, and endophytism. Previous research has reported greater …

Metabolic gene clusters, fungal diversity, and the generation of accessory functions

JC Slot, E Gluck-Thaler - Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Many of life's adaptive accessory functions are encoded in metabolic gene
clusters.•Cluster evolution is intertwined with the processes generating accessory …

Ecological generalism drives hyperdiversity of secondary metabolite gene clusters in xylarialean endophytes

MEE Franco, JH Wisecaver, AE Arnold, YM Ju… - New …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Although secondary metabolites are typically associated with competitive or pathogenic
interactions, the high bioactivity of endophytic fungi in the Xylariales, coupled with their …

Rapid Divergence of Genome Architectures Following the Origin of an Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis in the Genus Amanita

J Hess, I Skrede, M Chaib De Mares… - Molecular biology …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Fungi are evolutionary shape shifters and adapt quickly to new environments.
Ectomycorrhizal (EM) symbioses are mutualistic associations between fungi and plants and …