Next-generation sequencing approach for connecting secondary metabolites to biosynthetic gene clusters in fungi

RA Cacho, Y Tang, YH Chooi - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Genomics has revolutionized the research on fungal secondary metabolite (SM)
biosynthesis. To elucidate the molecular and enzymatic mechanisms underlying the …

Awakening of fungal secondary metabolite gene clusters

J Fischer, V Schroeckh, AA Brakhage - Gene expression systems in fungi …, 2016 - Springer
Sequencing of fungal genomes and systematic genome mining concerning so far
undiscovered secondary metabolite (SM) gene clusters have uncovered the great potential …

SMURF: genomic mapping of fungal secondary metabolite clusters

N Khaldi, FT Seifuddin, G Turner, D Haft… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Fungi produce an impressive array of secondary metabolites (SMs) including mycotoxins,
antibiotics and pharmaceuticals. The genes responsible for their biosynthesis, export, and …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies to establish the link between biosynthetic gene clusters and secondary metabolites

I Kjærbølling, UH Mortensen, T Vesth… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Filamentous fungi produce a vast number of bioactive secondary metabolites (SMs), some of
which have found applications in the pharmaceutical industry including as antibiotics and …

Recent advances in genome mining of secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters and the development of heterologous expression systems in Aspergillus …

J Yaegashi, BR Oakley… - Journal of Industrial …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Fungi are prolific producers of secondary metabolites (SMs) that show a variety of biological
activities. Recent advances in genome sequencing have shown that fungal genomes harbor …

Bioinformatics approaches and software for detection of secondary metabolic gene clusters

ND Fedorova, V Moktali, MH Medema - Fungal secondary metabolism …, 2012 - Springer
The accelerating pace of microbial genomics is sparking a renaissance in the field of natural
products research. Researchers can now get a preview of the organism's secondary …

Recent advances in the genome mining of Aspergillus secondary metabolites (covering 2012–2018)

J Romsdahl, CCC Wang - Medchemcomm, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Secondary metabolites (SMs) produced by filamentous fungi possess diverse bioactivities
that make them excellent drug candidates. Whole genome sequencing has revealed that …

Motif-independent de novo detection of secondary metabolite gene clusters—toward identification from filamentous fungi

M Umemura, H Koike, M Machida - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Secondary metabolites are produced mostly by clustered genes that are essential to their
biosynthesis. The transcriptional expression of these genes is often cooperatively regulated …

antiSMASH: rapid identification, annotation and analysis of secondary metabolite biosynthesis gene clusters in bacterial and fungal genome sequences

MH Medema, K Blin, P Cimermancic… - Nucleic acids …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Bacterial and fungal secondary metabolism is a rich source of novel bioactive compounds
with potential pharmaceutical applications as antibiotics, anti-tumor drugs or cholesterol …

Strategies for natural product discovery by unlocking cryptic biosynthetic gene clusters in fungi

JY Hur, E Jeong, YC Kim, SR Lee - Separations, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recent advancements in genome sequencing and bioinformatic analysis of fungal genomes
have revealed that fungi possess cryptic or silent biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs). This …