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 …

Biological activity of lipopeptides from Bacillus

H Zhao, D Shao, C Jiang, J Shi, Q Li, Q Huang… - Applied microbiology …, 2017 - Springer
The lipopeptides of Bacillus are small metabolites that contain a cyclic structure formed by 7–
10 amino acids (including 2–4 d-amino acids) and a beta-hydroxy fatty acid with 13–19 C …

Natural functions of lipopeptides from Bacillus and Pseudomonas: more than surfactants and antibiotics

JM Raaijmakers, I De Bruijn, O Nybroe… - FEMS microbiology …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Lipopeptides constitute a structurally diverse group of metabolites produced by various
bacterial and fungal genera. In the past decades, research on lipopeptides has been fueled …

The role of dynamic conformational ensembles in biomolecular recognition

DD Boehr, R Nussinov, PE Wright - Nature chemical biology, 2009 - nature.com
Molecular recognition is central to all biological processes. For the past 50 years,
Koshland's' induced fit'hypothesis has been the textbook explanation for molecular …

Chain release mechanisms in polyketide and non-ribosomal peptide biosynthesis

RF Little, C Hertweck - Natural Product Reports, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Review covering up to mid-2021 The structure of polyketide and non-ribosomal peptide
natural products is strongly influenced by how they are released from their biosynthetic …

Nonribosomal peptide synthetases: structures and dynamics

M Strieker, A Tanović, MA Marahiel - Current opinion in structural biology, 2010 - Elsevier
Nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) are large multimodular biocatalysts that utilize
complex regiospecific and stereospecific reactions to assemble structurally and functionally …

Conformational dynamics in the Acyl-CoA synthetases, adenylation domains of non-ribosomal peptide synthetases, and firefly luciferase

AM Gulick - ACS chemical biology, 2009 - ACS Publications
The ANL superfamily of adenylating enzymes contains acyl-and aryl-CoA synthetases, firefly
luciferase, and the adenylation domains of the modular non-ribosomal peptide synthetases …

The structural biology of biosynthetic megaenzymes

KJ Weissman - Nature Chemical Biology, 2015 - nature.com
The modular polyketide synthases (PKSs) and nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs)
are among the largest and most complicated enzymes in nature. In these biosynthetic …

Explorations of catalytic domains in non-ribosomal peptide synthetase enzymology

GH Hur, CR Vickery, MD Burkart - Natural product reports, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering up to the end of 2011 Many pharmaceuticals on the market today belong to a large
class of natural products called nonribosomal peptides (NRPs). Originating from bacteria …

PKS and NRPS release mechanisms

L Du, L Lou - Natural product reports, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to September 2009 This review covers the recent literature on the release
mechanisms for polyketides and nonribosomal peptides produced by microorganisms. The …