Nonribosomal peptide synthesis—principles and prospects

RD Süssmuth, A Mainz - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) are large multienzyme machineries that
assemble numerous peptides with large structural and functional diversity. These peptides …

Evolution and diversity of assembly-line polyketide synthases: Focus review

A Nivina, KP Yuet, J Hsu, C Khosla - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Assembly-line polyketide synthases (PKSs) are among the most complex protein
machineries known in nature, responsible for the biosynthesis of numerous compounds …

An environmental bacterial taxon with a large and distinct metabolic repertoire

MC Wilson, T Mori, C Rückert, AR Uria, MJ Helf… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Cultivated bacteria such as actinomycetes are a highly useful source of biomedically
important natural products. However, such 'talented'producers represent only a minute …

Recent advances in engineering nonribosomal peptide assembly lines

M Winn, JK Fyans, Y Zhuo, J Micklefield - Natural product reports, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to July 2015 Nonribosomal peptides are amongst the most widespread and
structurally diverse secondary metabolites in nature with many possessing bioactivity that …

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 …

Gene editing enables rapid engineering of complex antibiotic assembly lines

WL Thong, Y Zhang, Y Zhuo, KJ Robins… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Re-engineering biosynthetic assembly lines, including nonribosomal peptide synthetases
(NRPS) and related megasynthase enzymes, is a powerful route to new antibiotics and other …

Efficient rational modification of non-ribosomal peptides by adenylation domain substitution

MJ Calcott, JG Owen, DF Ackerley - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) enzymes form modular assembly-lines, wherein
each module governs the incorporation of a specific monomer into a short peptide product …

Bacterial terpene biosynthesis: challenges and opportunities for pathway engineering

EJN Helfrich, GM Lin, CA Voigt… - Beilstein journal of …, 2019 - beilstein-journals.org
Terpenoids are the largest and structurally most diverse class of natural products. They
possess potent and specific biological activity in multiple assays and against diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Complex peptide natural products: biosynthetic principles, challenges and opportunities for pathway engineering

SL Wenski, S Thiengmag, EJN Helfrich - Synthetic and systems …, 2022 - Elsevier
Complex peptide natural products exhibit diverse biological functions and a wide range of
physico-chemical properties. As a result, many peptides have entered the clinics for various …

The landscape of recombination events that create nonribosomal peptide diversity

M Baunach, S Chowdhury, P Stallforth… - … Biology and Evolution, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Nonribosomal peptides (NRP) are crucial molecular mediators in microbial ecology and
provide indispensable drugs. Nevertheless, the evolution of the flexible biosynthetic …