Small molecule metabolites: discovery of biomarkers and therapeutic targets

S Qiu, Y Cai, H Yao, C Lin, Y **e, S Tang… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Metabolic abnormalities lead to the dysfunction of metabolic pathways and metabolite
accumulation or deficiency which is well-recognized hallmarks of diseases. Metabolite …

Fighting antibiotic resistance—strategies and (pre) clinical developments to find new antibacterials

S Walesch, J Birkelbach, G Jézéquel, FPJ Haeckl… - EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Antibacterial resistance is one of the greatest threats to human health. The development of
new therapeutics against bacterial pathogens has slowed drastically since the approvals of …

Microbial metabolites in the marine carbon cycle

MA Moran, EB Kujawinski, WF Schroer, SA Amin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
One-quarter of photosynthesis-derived carbon on Earth rapidly cycles through a set of short-
lived seawater metabolites that are generated from the activities of marine phytoplankton …

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 …

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 …

Artificial intelligence for natural product drug discovery

MW Mullowney, KR Duncan, SS Elsayed… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Developments in computational omics technologies have provided new means to access
the hidden diversity of natural products, unearthing new potential for drug discovery. In …

Advances in decomposing complex metabolite mixtures using substructure-and network-based computational metabolomics approaches

MA Beniddir, KB Kang, G Genta-Jouve, F Huber… - Natural product …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to the end of 2020 Recently introduced computational metabolome mining
tools have started to positively impact the chemical and biological interpretation of …

Metabolomics and genomics in natural products research: complementary tools for targeting new chemical entities

LK Caesar, R Montaser, NP Keller… - Natural product reports, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2010 to 2021 Organisms in nature have evolved into proficient synthetic chemists,
utilizing specialized enzymatic machinery to biosynthesize an inspiring diversity of …

Advanced methods for natural products discovery: bioactivity screening, dereplication, metabolomics profiling, genomic sequencing, databases and informatic tools …

SP Gaudêncio, E Bayram, L Lukić Bilela, M Cueto… - Marine drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Natural Products (NP) are essential for the discovery of novel drugs and products for
numerous biotechnological applications. The NP discovery process is expensive and time …

The chemistry of stress: understanding the 'cry for help'of plant roots

MS Rizaludin, N Stopnisek, JM Raaijmakers… - Metabolites, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plants are faced with various biotic and abiotic stresses during their life cycle. To withstand
these stresses, plants have evolved adaptive strategies including the production of a wide …