Synthetic biology to access and expand nature's chemical diversity

MJ Smanski, H Zhou, J Claesen, B Shen… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Bacterial genomes encode the biosynthetic potential to produce hundreds of thousands of
complex molecules with diverse applications, from medicine to agriculture and materials …

Molecular regulation of antibiotic biosynthesis in Streptomyces

G Liu, KF Chater, G Chandra, G Niu… - … and molecular biology …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Streptomycetes are the most abundant source of antibiotics. Typically, each species
produces several antibiotics, with the profile being species specific. Streptomyces coelicolor …

Harnessing the intracellular triacylglycerols for titer improvement of polyketides in Streptomyces

W Wang, S Li, Z Li, J Zhang, K Fan, G Tan, G Ai… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Pharmaceutically important polyketides such as avermectin are mainly produced as
secondary metabolites during the stationary phase of growth of Streptomyces species in …

[HTML][HTML] Activation of microbial secondary metabolic pathways: Avenues and challenges

B Baral, A Akhgari, M Metsä-Ketelä - Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology, 2018 - Elsevier
Microbial natural products are a tremendous source of new bioactive chemical entities for
drug discovery. Next generation sequencing has revealed an unprecedented genomic …

The regulation of the secondary metabolism of Streptomyces: new links and experimental advances

GP Van Wezel, KJ McDowall - Natural product reports, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to early 2011 Streptomycetes and other actinobacteria are renowned as a rich
source of natural products of clinical, agricultural and biotechnological value. They are being …

Signals and regulators that govern Streptomyces development

JR McCormick, K Flärdh - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Streptomyces coelicolor is the genetically best characterized species of a populous genus
belonging to the gram-positive Actinobacteria. Streptomycetes are filamentous soil …

An engineered strong promoter for streptomycetes

W Wang, X Li, J Wang, S Xiang, X Feng… - Applied and …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Well-characterized promoters are essential tools for metabolic engineering and synthetic
biology. In Streptomyces coelicolor, the native kasO p is a temporally expressed promoter …

Synthetic biology and metabolic engineering of actinomycetes for natural product discovery

E Palazzotto, Y Tong, SY Lee, T Weber - Biotechnology Advances, 2019 - Elsevier
Actinomycetes are one of the most valuable sources of natural products with industrial and
medicinal importance. After more than half a century of exploitation, it has become …

Activation and characterization of a cryptic polycyclic tetramate macrolactam biosynthetic gene cluster

Y Luo, H Huang, J Liang, M Wang, L Lu, Z Shao… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Polycyclic tetramate macrolactams (PTMs) are a widely distributed class of natural products
with important biological activities. However, many of these PTMs have not been …

Systems biology and biotechnology of Streptomyces species for the production of secondary metabolites

KS Hwang, HU Kim, P Charusanti, BØ Palsson… - Biotechnology …, 2014 - Elsevier
Streptomyces species continue to attract attention as a source of novel medicinal
compounds. Despite a long history of studies on these microorganisms, they still have many …