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 shikimate pathway: gateway to metabolic diversity

VV Shende, KD Bauman, BS Moore - Natural Product Reports, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 1997 to 2023 The shikimate pathway is the metabolic process responsible for the
biosynthesis of the aromatic amino acids phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan. Seven …

NPASS database update 2023: quantitative natural product activity and species source database for biomedical research

H Zhao, Y Yang, S Wang, X Yang, K Zhou… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Quantitative activity and species source data of natural products (NPs) are important for drug
discovery, medicinal plant research, and microbial investigations. Activity values of NPs …

Therapeutic potential of natural products in inflammation: Underlying molecular mechanisms, clinical outcomes, technological advances, and future perspectives

NA Gouda, SO Alshammari, MAS Abourehab… - …, 2023 - Springer
Chronic inflammation is a common underlying factor in many major diseases, including
heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and autoimmune disorders, and is responsible for up to …

[HTML][HTML] Genome mining strategies for metallophore discovery

ZL Reitz, MH Medema - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Siderophores/metallophores mediate metal acquisition and host-microbe
interactions.•Genome mining aids metallophore discovery, dereplication, and …

Antiprotozoal activity of different Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus bacterial secondary metabolites and identification of bioactive compounds using the easyPACId …

SH Gulsen, E Tileklioglu, E Bode, H Cimen… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Natural products have been proven to be important starting points for the development of
new drugs. Bacteria in the genera Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus produce antimicrobial …

Type II Polyketide Synthases: A Bioinformatics‐Driven Approach

S Xie, L Zhang - ChemBioChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bioinformatics has become an indispensable tool for natural products research in the
genomic era. One of the key challenges is to accurately convert sequence data of a …

Autologous DNA mobilization and multiplication expedite natural products discovery from bacteria

F Xie, H Zhao, J Liu, X Yang, M Neuber, AA Agrawal… - Science, 2024 - science.org
The transmission of antibiotic-resistance genes, comprising mobilization and relocation
events, orchestrates the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance. Inspired by this …

Exploring nature's battlefield: organismic interactions in the discovery of bioactive natural products

Y Wang, YN Shi, H Xiang, YM Shi - Natural Product Reports, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to March 2024. Microbial natural products have historically been a cornerstone
for the discovery of therapeutic agents. Advanced (meta) genome sequencing technologies …

BGCFlow: systematic pangenome workflow for the analysis of biosynthetic gene clusters across large genomic datasets

M Nuhamunada, OS Mohite, PV Phaneuf… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Genome mining is revolutionizing natural products discovery efforts. The rapid increase in
available genomes demands comprehensive computational platforms to effectively extract …