Systematic mining of the human microbiome identifies antimicrobial peptides with diverse activity spectra

AM King, Z Zhang, E Glassey, P Siuti, J Clardy… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Human-associated bacteria secrete modified peptides to control host physiology and
remodel the microbiota species composition. Here we scanned 2,229 Human Microbiome …

Accessing and exploring the unusual chemistry by radical SAM-RiPP enzymes

Q Guo, BI Morinaka - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Radical SAM enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of ribosomally synthesized and post-
translationally modified peptides catalyze unusual transformations that lead to unique …

Biosynthesis of macrocyclic peptides with C-terminal β-amino-α-keto acid groups by three different metalloenzymes

DT Nguyen, L Zhu, DL Gray, TJ Woods… - ACS Central …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Advances in genome sequencing and bioinformatics methods have identified a myriad of
biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) encoding uncharacterized molecules. By mining …

Advancements in the Application of Ribosomally Synthesized and Post-Translationally Modified Peptides (RiPPs)

SW Han, HS Won - Biomolecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) represent a
significant potential for novel therapeutic applications because of their bioactive properties …

Cell-free biosynthesis and engineering of ribosomally synthesized lanthipeptides

WQ Liu, X Ji, F Ba, Y Zhang, H Xu, S Huang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) are a major
class of natural products with diverse chemical structures and potent biological activities. A …

A Plug-and-Play T7 Expression System for Heterologous Production of Lanthipeptides in Bacillus subtilis

C Shi, H Zhao - ACS Synthetic Biology, 2024 - ACS Publications
Ribosomally synthesized lanthionine-containing peptides (lanthipeptides) have emerged as
a promising source of antimicrobials against multidrug resistance pathogens. An effective …

Discovery of biaryl macrocyclic peptides with C-terminal β-amino-α-keto acid groups.

DT Nguyen, L Zhu, DA Mitchell… - Biorxiv: the Preprint …, 2023 - europepmc.org
Advances in genome sequencing and bioinformatics methods have identified myriad
biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) encoding uncharacterized molecules. By examining …

Use of the mCherry fluorescent protein to optimize the expression of class I lanthipeptides in Escherichia coli

WF Van Zyl, AD Van Staden, LMT Dicks… - Microbial Cell …, 2023 - Springer
Background Lanthipeptides are a rapidly expanding family of ribosomally synthesized and
post-translationally modified natural compounds with diverse biological functions …

New methods for the discovery of natural products from understudied and uncultivated bacterial phyla

V Nowak - 2023 - openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz
Natural products and their derivatives account for the majority of approved drugs. New
antibiotics are urgently needed to combat increasing antibiotic resistance and fatalities …