Metabolic gene clusters in eukaryotes

HW Nützmann, C Scazzocchio… - Annual Review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
In bacteria, more than half of the genes in the genome are organized in operons. In contrast,
in eukaryotes, functionally related genes are usually dispersed across the genome. There …

Natural products of filamentous fungi: enzymes, genes, and their regulation

D Hoffmeister, NP Keller - Natural product reports, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to June 2006We review the literature on the enzymes, genes, and whole gene
clusters underlying natural product biosyntheses and their regulation in filamentous fungi …

An interpreted atlas of biosynthetic gene clusters from 1,000 fungal genomes

MT Robey, LK Caesar, MT Drott… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Fungi are prolific producers of natural products, compounds which have had a large societal
impact as pharmaceuticals, mycotoxins, and agrochemicals. Despite the availability of over …

Phylogenetic analyses of RPB1 and RPB2 support a middle Cretaceous origin for a clade comprising all agriculturally and medically important fusaria

K O'Donnell, AP Rooney, RH Proctor, DW Brown… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Fusarium (Hypocreales, Nectriaceae) is one of the most economically important and
systematically challenging groups of mycotoxigenic phytopathogens and emergent human …

Genomics-driven discovery of PKS-NRPS hybrid metabolites from Aspergillus nidulans

S Bergmann, J Schümann, K Scherlach… - Nature chemical …, 2007 - nature.com
In the postgenomic era it has become increasingly apparent that the vast number of
predicted biosynthesis genes of microorganisms is not reflected by the metabolic profile …

Molecular biology of Fusarium mycotoxins

AE Desjardins, RH Proctor - International journal of food microbiology, 2007 - Elsevier
As the 20th century ended, Fusarium mycotoxicology entered the age of genomics. With
complete genomes of Fusarium graminearum and F. verticillioides and several Fusarium …

Genetic platforms for heterologous expression of microbial natural products

JJ Zhang, X Tang, BS Moore - Natural product reports, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2005 up to 2019 Natural products are of paramount importance in human
medicine. Not only are most antibacterial and anticancer drugs derived directly from or …

Complete reconstitution of a highly reducing iterative polyketide synthase

SM Ma, JWH Li, JW Choi, H Zhou, KKM Lee… - Science, 2009 - science.org
Highly reducing iterative polyketide synthases are large, multifunctional enzymes that make
important metabolites in fungi, such as lovastatin, a cholesterol-lowering drug from …

Navigating the fungal polyketide chemical space: from genes to molecules

YH Chooi, Y Tang - The Journal of organic chemistry, 2012 - ACS Publications
The iterative type I polyketide synthases (IPKSs) are central to the biosynthesis of an
enormously diverse array of natural products in fungi. These natural products, known as …

Tetramic and tetronic acids: an update on new derivatives and biological aspects

R Schobert, A Schlenk - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2008 - Elsevier
Significant developments in the isolation of tetramic acids and tetronic acids, in the
elucidation of their biosyntheses and their biological activities and in laboratory syntheses …