A scalable platform to identify fungal secondary metabolites and their gene clusters

KD Clevenger, JW Bok, R Ye, GP Miley… - Nature chemical …, 2017 - nature.com
The genomes of filamentous fungi contain up to 90 biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs)
encoding diverse secondary metabolites—an enormous reservoir of untapped chemical …

Correlative metabologenomics of 110 fungi reveals metabolite–gene cluster pairs

LK Caesar, FA Butun, MT Robey, NJ Ayon… - Nature chemical …, 2023 - nature.com
Natural products research increasingly applies-omics technologies to guide molecular
discovery. While the combined analysis of genomic and metabolomic datasets has proved …

In the fungus where it happens: history and future propelling Aspergillus nidulans as the archetype of natural products research

LK Caesar, NL Kelleher, NP Keller - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
In 1990 the first fungal secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene was cloned in Aspergillus
nidulans. Thirty years later,> 30 biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) have been linked to …

Microevolution in the pansecondary metabolome of Aspergillus flavus and its potential macroevolutionary implications for filamentous fungi

MT Drott, TA Rush, TR Satterlee… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Fungi produce a wealth of pharmacologically bioactive secondary metabolites (SMs) from
biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs). It is common practice for drug discovery efforts to treat …

An interpreted atlas of biosynthetic gene clusters from 1,000 fungal genomes

MT Robey, LK Caesar, MT Drott… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Fungi are prolific producers of natural products, compounds which have had a large societal
impact as pharmaceuticals, mycotoxins, and agrochemicals. Despite the availability of over …

Accurate prediction of secondary metabolite gene clusters in filamentous fungi

MR Andersen, JB Nielsen, A Klitgaard… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Biosynthetic pathways of secondary metabolites from fungi are currently subject to an
intense effort to elucidate the genetic basis for these compounds due to their large potential …

Fungal artificial chromosomes for mining of the fungal secondary metabolome

JW Bok, R Ye, KD Clevenger, D Mead, M Wagner… - BMC genomics, 2015 - Springer
Background With thousands of fungal genomes being sequenced, each genome containing
up to 70 secondary metabolite (SM) clusters 30–80 kb in size, breakthrough techniques are …

Biosynthetic gene clusters and the evolution of fungal chemodiversity

A Rokas, ME Mead, JL Steenwyk, HA Raja… - Natural product …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to 2019 Fungi produce a remarkable diversity of secondary metabolites: small,
bioactive molecules not required for growth but which are essential to their ecological …

Comprehensive curation and analysis of fungal biosynthetic gene clusters of published natural products

YF Li, KJS Tsai, CJB Harvey, JJ Li, BE Ary… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Microorganisms produce a wide range of natural products (NPs) with clinically and
agriculturally relevant biological activities. In bacteria and fungi, genes encoding successive …

Comprehensive annotation of secondary metabolite biosynthetic genes and gene clusters of Aspergillus nidulans, A. fumigatus, A. niger and A. oryzae

DO Inglis, J Binkley, MS Skrzypek, MB Arnaud… - BMC microbiology, 2013 - Springer
Background Secondary metabolite production, a hallmark of filamentous fungi, is an
expanding area of research for the Aspergilli. These compounds are potent chemicals …