Discovery of microbial natural products by activation of silent biosynthetic gene clusters

PJ Rutledge, GL Challis - Nature reviews microbiology, 2015 - nature.com
Microorganisms produce a wealth of structurally diverse specialized metabolites with a
remarkable range of biological activities and a wide variety of applications in medicine and …

Biologically active secondary metabolites from the fungi

GF Bills, JB Gloer - Microbiology spectrum, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Many Fungi have a well-developed secondary metabolism. The diversity of fungal species
and the diversification of biosynthetic gene clusters underscores a nearly limitless potential …

Genome mining as new challenge in natural products discovery

L Albarano, R Esposito, N Ruocco, M Costantini - Marine drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
Drug discovery is based on bioactivity screening of natural sources, traditionally represented
by bacteria fungi and plants. Bioactive natural products and their secondary metabolites …

[HTML][HTML] Enzymes revolutionize the bioproduction of value-added compounds: From enzyme discovery to special applications

B Wiltschi, T Cernava, A Dennig, MG Casas… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Competitive sustainable production in industry demands new and better biocatalysts,
optimized bioprocesses and cost-effective product recovery. Our review sheds light on the …

Synthetic biology and molecular genetics in non-conventional yeasts: current tools and future advances

JM Wagner, HS Alper - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2016 - Elsevier
Coupling the tools of synthetic biology with traditional molecular genetic techniques can
enable the rapid prototyping and optimization of yeast strains. While the era of yeast …

[HTML][HTML] Developing fungal heterologous expression platforms to explore and improve the production of natural products from fungal biodiversity

X Meng, Y Fang, M Ding, Y Zhang, K Jia, Z Li… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Natural products from fungi represent an important source of biologically active metabolites
notably for therapeutic agent development. Genome sequencing revealed that the number …

Unlocking the magic in mycelium: Using synthetic biology to optimize filamentous fungi for biomanufacturing and sustainability

C Jo, J Zhang, JM Tam, GM Church, AS Khalil… - Materials Today Bio, 2023 - Elsevier
Filamentous fungi drive carbon and nutrient cycling across our global ecosystems, through
its interactions with growing and decaying flora and their constituent microbiomes. The …

Microbial chassis engineering drives heterologous production of complex secondary metabolites

J Liu, X Wang, G Dai, Y Zhang, X Bian - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
The cryptic secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) far outnumber currently
known secondary metabolites. Heterologous production of secondary metabolite BGCs in …

Engineering the biosynthesis of fungal nonribosomal peptides

L Zhang, C Wang, K Chen, W Zhong, Y Xu… - Natural Product …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2011 up to the end of 2021. Fungal nonribosomal peptides (NRPs) and the
related polyketide–nonribosomal peptide hybrid products (PK–NRPs) are a prolific source of …

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 …