Antimicrobial peptides: an update on classifications and databases

A Bin Hafeez, X Jiang, PJ Bergen, Y Zhu - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are distributed across all kingdoms of life and are an
indispensable component of host defenses. They consist of predominantly short cationic …

Mechanism of action of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides

C Ongpipattanakul, EK Desormeaux… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) are a natural
product class that has undergone significant expansion due to the rapid growth in genome …

Overview of the Antimicrobial Compounds Produced by Members of the Bacillus subtilis Group

S Caulier, C Nannan, A Gillis, F Licciardi… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Over the last seven decades, applications using members of the Bacillus subtilis group have
emerged in both food processes and crop protection industries. Their ability to form survival …

Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide natural products: overview and recommendations for a universal nomenclature

PG Arnison, MJ Bibb, G Bierbaum, AA Bowers… - Natural product …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 1988 to 2012 This review presents recommended nomenclature for the
biosynthesis of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) …

Rethinking amide bond synthesis

VR Pattabiraman, JW Bode - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
One of the most important reactions in organic chemistry—amide bond formation—is often
overlooked as a contemporary challenge because of the widespread occurrence of amides …

Bacillus subtilis antibiotics: structures, syntheses and specific functions

T Stein - Molecular microbiology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The endospore‐forming rhizobacterium Bacillus subtilis–the model system for Gram‐
positive organisms, is able to produce more than two dozen antibiotics with an amazing …

Antibacterial activities of bacteriocins: application in foods and pharmaceuticals

SC Yang, CH Lin, CT Sung, JY Fang - Frontiers in microbiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Bacteriocins are a kind of ribosomal synthesized antimicrobial peptides produced by
bacteria, which can kill or inhibit bacterial strains closely-related or non-related to produced …

Mass spectral molecular networking of living microbial colonies

J Watrous, P Roach, T Alexandrov… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Integrating the governing chemistry with the genomics and phenotypes of microbial colonies
has been a “holy grail” in microbiology. This work describes a highly sensitive, broadly …

Radical S-Adenosylmethionine Enzymes

JB Broderick, BR Duffus, KS Duschene… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
It was once widely held that nearly all reactions in biology were catalyzed via mechanisms
involving paired electron species. Beginning approximately 40 years ago, this paradigm was …

Enzymatic carbon–sulfur bond formation in natural product biosynthesis

KL Dunbar, DH Scharf, A Litomska… - Chemical …, 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 …