Strategies to access biosynthetic novelty in bacterial genomes for drug discovery

F Hemmerling, J Piel - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Bacteria provide a rich source of natural products with potential therapeutic applications,
such as novel antibiotic classes or anticancer drugs. Bioactivity-guided screening of …

The phosphopantetheinyl transferases: catalysis of a post-translational modification crucial for life

J Beld, EC Sonnenschein, CR Vickery, JP Noel… - Natural product …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to 2013 Although holo-acyl carrier protein synthase, AcpS, a
phosphopantetheinyl transferase (PPTase), was characterized in the 1960s, it was not until …

Burkholderia: an update on taxonomy and biotechnological potential as antibiotic producers

E Depoorter, MJ Bull, C Peeters, T Coenye… - Applied microbiology …, 2016 - Springer
Burkholderia is an incredibly diverse and versatile Gram-negative genus, within which over
80 species have been formally named and multiple other genotypic groups likely represent …

Full-length RecE enhances linear-linear homologous recombination and facilitates direct cloning for bioprospecting

J Fu, X Bian, S Hu, H Wang, F Huang, PM Seibert… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Functional analysis of genome sequences requires methods for cloning DNA of interest.
However, existing methods, such as library cloning and screening, are too demanding or …

Nonproteinogenic amino acid building blocks for nonribosomal peptide and hybrid polyketide scaffolds

CT Walsh, RV O'Brien, C Khosla - … Chemie International Edition, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Freestanding nonproteinogenic amino acids have long been recognized for their
antimetabolite properties and tendency to be uncovered to reactive functionalities by the …

Genomics of secondary metabolite production by Pseudomonas spp.

H Gross, JE Loper - Natural product reports, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to June 2009 Pseudomonas is a diverse genus of Gammaproteobacteria with
more than 60 species exhibiting varied life styles in a wide range of environments, including …

Metabolites from symbiotic bacteria

J Piel - Natural product reports, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Metabolites from symbiotic bacteria - Natural Product Reports (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/B703499G
Royal Society of Chemistry View PDF VersionPrevious ArticleNext Article DOI: 10.1039/B703499G …

Biosynthetic pathways to nonproteinogenic α-amino acids

JB Hedges, KS Ryan - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Natural nonproteinogenic amino acids vastly outnumber the well-known 22 proteinogenic
amino acids. Such amino acids are generated in specialized metabolic pathways. In these …

Burkholderia as a Source of Natural Products

S Kunakom, AS Eustáquio - Journal of natural products, 2019 - ACS Publications
Burkholderia bacteria are multifaceted organisms that are ecologically and metabolically
diverse. The Burkholderia genus has gained prominence because it includes human …

Engineered and artificial metalloenzymes for selective C–H functionalization

X Ren, R Fasan - Current opinion in green and sustainable chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
The direct functionalization of C–H bonds constitutes a powerful strategy to construct and
diversify organic molecules. However, controlling the chemo-and site-selectivity of this …