Non-Native Site-Selective Enzyme Catalysis

D Mondal, HM Snodgrass, CA Gomez… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The ability to site-selectively modify equivalent functional groups in a molecule has the
potential to streamline syntheses and increase product yields by lowering step counts …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in the integration of metabolomics and metagenomics for human gut microbiome and their clinical applications

F Puig-Castellví, R Pacheco-Tapia, M Deslande… - TrAC Trends in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The human microbiome and its metabolic output play an important role in shaping human
health and disease. The host-microbe crosstalk is often characterised using metabolomics …

The structure determination of organic molecules by co-crystallization of anthracene-based crystallization chaperone

H Li, J Jiao, W Xie, Y Zhao, C Lin, J Jiang… - ACS Materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Single crystal X-ray diffraction is considered to be a highly reliable method for determining
the molecular structures and absolute conformation at the atomic level, but this technique is …

Fungal BGCs for production of secondary metabolites: main types, central roles in strain improvement, and regulation according to the piano principle

AA Zhgun - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Filamentous fungi are one of the most important producers of secondary metabolites. Some
of them can have a toxic effect on the human body, leading to diseases. On the other hand …

Discovery of fungal onoceroid triterpenoids through domainless enzyme-targeted global genome mining

J Tang, Y Matsuda - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Genomics-guided methodologies have revolutionized the discovery of natural products.
However, a major challenge in the field of genome mining is determining how to selectively …

Feature sequence-based genome mining uncovers the hidden diversity of bacterial siderophore pathways

S Gu, Y Shao, K Rehm, L Bigler, D Zhang, R He, R Xu… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Microbial secondary metabolites are a rich source for pharmaceutical discoveries and play
crucial ecological functions. While tools exist to identify secondary metabolite clusters in …

Cyclodipeptide oxidase is an enzyme filament

MP Andreas, TW Giessen - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Modified cyclic dipeptides represent a widespread class of secondary metabolites with
diverse pharmacological activities, including antibacterial, antifungal, and antitumor. Here …

Recent advances in genome mining and synthetic biology for discovery and biosynthesis of natural products

M Wang, L Chen, Z Zhang, Q Wang - Critical Reviews in …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Natural products have long served as critical raw materials in chemical and pharmaceutical
manufacturing, primarily which can provide superior scaffolds or intermediates for drug …

Discovery and Characterization of Pyridoxal 5′-Phosphate-Dependent Cycloleucine Synthases

AND Abad, K Seshadri, M Ohashi… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzymes are the most versatile biocatalysts for
synthesizing nonproteinogenic amino acids. α, α-Disubstituted quaternary amino acids, such …

Assessing the Biosynthetic Inventory of the Biocontrol Fungus Trichoderma afroharzianum T22

W Han, Z Wu, Z Zhong, J Williams… - Journal of agricultural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Natural products biosynthesized from biocontrol fungi in the rhizosphere can have both
beneficial and deleterious effects on plants. Herein, we performed a comprehensive …