Structural advances toward understanding the catalytic activity and conformational dynamics of modular nonribosomal peptide synthetases

KD Patel, MR MacDonald, SF Ahmed, J Singh… - Natural Product …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to fall 2022. Nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) are a family of
modular, multidomain enzymes that catalyze the biosynthesis of important peptide natural …

Beyond vancomycin: Recent advances in the modification, reengineering, production and discovery of improved glycopeptide antibiotics to tackle multidrug-resistant …

MH Hansen, E Stegmann, MJ Cryle - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Glycopeptide antibiotics are last-resort antibiotics against drug-resistant
bacteria.•Chemical GPA modifications can be used to overcome bacterial resistance.• …

Nonribosomal peptide synthesis definitely working out of the rules

M Duban, S Cociancich, V Leclère - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nonribosomal peptides are microbial secondary metabolites exhibiting a tremendous
structural diversity and a broad range of biological activities useful in the medical and agro …

High-throughput reprogramming of an NRPS condensation domain

IB Folger, NF Frota, A Pistofidis, DL Niquille… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
Engineered biosynthetic assembly lines could revolutionize the sustainable production of
bioactive natural product analogs. Although yeast display is a proven, powerful tool for …

Crosslinking intermodular condensation in non-ribosomal peptide biosynthesis

GW Heberlig, JJ La Clair, MD Burkart - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Non-ribosomal peptide synthetases are assembly line biosynthetic pathways that are used
to produce critical therapeutic drugs and are typically arranged as large multi-domain …

The specificity of intermodular recognition in a prototypical nonribosomal peptide synthetase depends on an adaptor domain

MN Karanth, JP Kirkpatrick, J Krausze, S Schmelz… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
In the quest for new bioactive substances, nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS)
provide biodiversity by synthesizing nonproteinaceous peptides with high cellular activity …

Recent advances in the structural biology of modular polyketide synthases and nonribosomal peptide synthetases

Y Katsuyama, A Miyanaga - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Polyketides and nonribosomal peptides are an important class of natural products with
useful bioactivities. These compounds are similarly biosynthesized using enzymes with …

Biomimetic engineering of nonribosomal peptide synthesis

K Zhang, H Kries - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Nonribosomal peptides (NRPs) have gained attention due to their diverse biological
activities and potential applications in medicine and agriculture. The natural diversity of …

Recent progress in the reprogramming of nonribosomal peptide synthetases

F Ishikawa, S Nakamura, I Nakanishi… - Journal of Peptide …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) biosynthesize nonribosomal peptide (NRP)
natural products, which belong to the most promising resources for drug discovery and …

Biosynthesis and modification strategies of novel cyclic lipopeptide secreted by Bacillus spp.: research progress

Z Pang, W Zhang, B Zhang, S Nawaz, F Wang… - Process …, 2025 - Elsevier
Cyclic lipopeptides, as a novel and green biosurfactant, has crucial biological functions,
including antiviral, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, and environmental healing. However, the …