Background The ability to produce microbial bioactive compounds makes actinobacteria
one of the most explored microbes among prokaryotes. The secondary metabolites of …

Marine actinobacteria are one of the most efficient groups of secondary metabolite
producers and are very important from an industrial point of view. Many representatives of …

Fe (II)/α-ketoglutarate (αKG)-dependent hydroxylases catalyze an amazing diversity of
reactions that result in protein side-chain modifications, repair of alkylated DNA/RNA …

A novel protein superfamily with over 600 members was discovered by iterative profile
searches and analyzed with powerful bioinformatics and information visualization methods …

Natural product discovery from microorganisms provided important sources for antibiotics,
anti-cancer agents, immune-modulators, anthelminthic agents, and insecticides during a …

Plants, marine organisms, and microorganisms have evolved complex chemical defense
and signaling systems that are designed to protect them from predators and provide other …

The radical S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) superfamily currently comprises more than 2800
proteins with the amino acid sequence motif CxxxCxxC unaccompanied by a fourth …

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 …

Cyclopropane, epoxide, and aziridine groups are three-membered ring structural elements
found in a wide variety of natural products, some of which are depicted in Figure 1. 1 The …

Marine actinobacteriology is one of the major emerging areas of research in tropics. Marine
actinobacteria are the most economically as well as biotechnologically valuable …