Traversing the fungal terpenome

MB Quin, CM Flynn, C Schmidt-Dannert - Natural product reports, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 1965–2014 Fungi (Ascomycota and Basidiomycota) are prolific producers of
structurally diverse terpenoid compounds. Classes of terpenoids identified in fungi include …

α-Amylase: an enzyme specificity found in various families of glycoside hydrolases

Š Janeček, B Svensson, EA MacGregor - Cellular and molecular life …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract α-Amylase (EC 3.2. 1.1) represents the best known amylolytic enzyme. It catalyzes
the hydrolysis of α-1, 4-glucosidic bonds in starch and related α-glucans. In general, the α …

The emergence and evolution of intron‐poor and intronless genes in intron‐rich plant gene families

H Liu, HM Lyu, K Zhu, Y Van de Peer… - The Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Eukaryotic genes can be classified into intronless (no introns), intron‐poor (three or fewer
introns per gene) or intron‐rich. Early eukaryotic genes were mostly intron‐rich, and their …

Structure, evolution and diverse physiological roles of SWEET sugar transporters in plants

GS Jeena, S Kumar, RK Shukla - Plant molecular biology, 2019 - Springer
Key message Present review describes the structure, evolution, transport mechanism and
physiological functions of SWEETs. Their application using TALENs and CRISPR/CAS9 …

Biosynthesis of terpenoid natural products in fungi

C Schmidt-Dannert - Biotechnology of isoprenoids, 2015 - Springer
<? xm-replace_text {Heading}?> Abstract Tens of thousands of terpenoid natural products
have been isolated from plants and microbial sources. Higher fungi (Ascomycota and …

A Robust Phylogenomic Time Tree for Biotechnologically and Medically Important Fungi in the Genera Aspergillus and Penicillium

JL Steenwyk, XX Shen, AL Lind, GH Goldman, A Rokas - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
The filamentous fungal family Aspergillaceae contains> 1,000 known species, mostly in the
genera Aspergillus and Penicillium. Several species are used in the food, biotechnology …

[HTML][HTML] Eukaryotic acquisition of a bacterial operon

J Kominek, DT Doering, DA Opulente, XX Shen… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Operons are a hallmark of bacterial genomes, where they allow concerted expression of
functionally related genes as single polycistronic transcripts. They are rare in eukaryotes …

Molecular evolutionary trends and feeding ecology diversification in the Hemiptera, anchored by the milkweed bug genome

KA Panfilio, IM Vargas Jentzsch, JB Benoit… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background The Hemiptera (aphids, cicadas, and true bugs) are a key insect order,
with high diversity for feeding ecology and excellent experimental tractability for molecular …

Identification of sesquiterpene synthases from the Basidiomycota Coniophora puteana for the efficient and highly selective β-copaene and cubebol production in E …

W Mischko, M Hirte, M Fuchs, N Mehlmer… - Microbial cell …, 2018 - Springer
Background Terpenes are an important and extremely versatile class of secondary
metabolites that are commercially used in the pharmaceutical, food and cosmetics sectors …

How many α-amylase GH families are there in the CAZy database?

Š Janeček, B Svensson - Amylase, 2022 - degruyter.com
The CAZy database is a web-server for sequence-based classification of carbohydrate-
active enzymes that has become the worldwide and indispensable tool for scientists …