Global analysis of adenylate-forming enzymes reveals β-lactone biosynthesis pathway in pathogenic Nocardia
Serina L. Robinson Barbara R. Terlouw Megan D. Smith Sacha J. Pidot Tim P. Stinear Marnix H. Medema Lawrence P. Wackett
, 2019-11-29
Timothy Stinear
Stinear Timothy
ORCID: 0000-0003-0150-123X
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Sacha Pidot
Pidot Sacha
ORCID: 0000-0003-1202-6614
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Genomics‐Driven Discovery of NO‐Donating Diazeniumdiolate Siderophores in Diverse Plant‐Associated Bacteria 10.1002/ange.201906326
Genomics‐Driven Discovery of NO‐Donating Diazeniumdiolate Siderophores in Diverse Plant‐Associated Bacteria 10.1002/anie.201906326
Identification and Mobilization of a Cryptic Antibiotic Biosynthesis Gene Locus from a Human-Pathogenic Nocardia Isolate 10.1021/acschembio.9b00763
Global analysis of adenylate-forming enzymes reveals β-lactone biosynthesis pathway in pathogenic Nocardia 10.1101/856955
The Nargenicin Family of Oxa‐Bridged Macrolide Antibiotics 10.1002/chem.201904053
Genome Mining and Heterologous Expression Reveal Two Distinct Families of Lasso Peptides Highly Conserved in Endofungal Bacteria 10.1021/acschembio.9b00805
Predicting nitroimidazole antibiotic resistance mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis with protein engineering 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008287
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Bacterial endosymbionts protect beneficial soil fungus from nematode attack 10.1073/pnas.2110669118
Megan Smith
Smith Megan
ORCID: 0000-0001-9000-6622
Global analysis of adenylate-forming enzymes reveals β-lactone biosynthesis pathway in pathogenic Nocardia 10.1101/856955
Machine learning-based prediction of activity and substrate specificity for OleA enzymes in the thiolase superfamily 10.1093/synbio/ysaa004
Barbara Terlouw
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ORCID: 0000-0002-4058-6718
MIBiG 2.0: a repository for biosynthetic gene clusters of known function 10.1093/nar/gkz882
Global analysis of adenylate-forming enzymes reveals β-lactone biosynthesis pathway in pathogenic Nocardia 10.1101/856955
Dissecting Disease-Suppressive Rhizosphere Microbiomes by Functional Amplicon Sequencing and 10× Metagenomics 10.1128/mSystems.01116-20
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Medema Marnix H.
ORCID: 0000-0002-2191-2821
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Computational approaches to natural product discovery 10.1038/nchembio.1884
Exploiting plug-and-play synthetic biology for drug discovery and production in microorganisms 10.1038/nrmicro2478
A Systematic Computational Analysis of Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Evolution: Lessons for Engineering Biosynthesis 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004016
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Computational tools for the synthetic design of biochemical pathways 10.1038/nrmicro2717
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Genome-wide gene expression changes in an industrial clavulanic acid overproduction strain of Streptomyces clavuligerus 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2010.00226.x
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Insights into Secondary Metabolism from a Global Analysis of Prokaryotic Biosynthetic Gene Clusters 10.1016/j.cell.2014.06.034
Pep2Path: Automated Mass Spectrometry-Guided Genome Mining of Peptidic Natural Products 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003822
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Functional Exchangeability of Oxidase and Dehydrogenase Reactions in the Biosynthesis of Hydroxyphenylglycine, a Nonribosomal Peptide Building Block 10.1021/sb500368w
antiSMASH 2.0--a versatile platform for genome mining of secondary metabolite producers 10.1093/nar/gkt449
antiSMASH: rapid identification, annotation and analysis of secondary metabolite biosynthesis gene clusters in bacterial and fungal genome sequences 10.1093/nar/gkr466
The Sequence of a 1.8-Mb Bacterial Linear Plasmid Reveals a Rich Evolutionary Reservoir of Secondary Metabolic Pathways 10.1093/gbe/evq013
MS/MS networking guided analysis of molecule and gene cluster families 10.1073/pnas.1303471110
Detecting Sequence Homology at the Gene Cluster Level with MultiGeneBlast 10.1093/molbev/mst025
Complete Genome Sequence of the Frog Pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans Ecovar Liflandii 10.1128/jb.02132-12
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Mechanisms and Evolution of Control Logic in Prokaryotic Transcriptional Regulation 10.1128/mmbr.00037-08
Genomic mutational analysis of the impact of the classical strain improvement program on β-lactam producing Penicillium chrysogenum. 10.1186/s12864-015-2154-4
Leucanicidin and endophenasides result from methyl-rhamnosylation by the same tailoring enzymes in Kitasatospora sp. MBT66 10.1021/acschembio.5b00801
Computational strategies for genome-based natural product discovery and engineering in fungi 10.1016/j.fgb.2016.01.006
The antiSMASH database, a comprehensive database of microbial secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters 10.1093/nar/gkw960
Indexing the Pseudomonas specialized metabolome enabled the discovery of poaeamide B and the bananamides 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.197
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plantiSMASH: automated identification, annotation and expression analysis of plant biosynthetic gene clusters 10.1093/nar/gkx305
Genome-based exploration of the specialized metabolic capacities of the genus Rhodococcus 10.1186/s12864-017-3966-1
Mining prokaryotes for antimicrobial compounds: from diversity to function 10.1093/femsre/fux014
Recent development of antiSMASH and other computational approaches to mine secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters 10.1093/bib/bbx146
Standardization for natural product synthetic biology 10.1039/c6np00030d
Computational genomic identification and functional reconstitution of plant natural product biosynthetic pathways 10.1039/c6np00035e
Draft Genome Sequence of a Porcine Commensal, Rothia nasimurium , Encoding a Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Predicted To Produce the Ionophore Antibiotic Valinomycin 10.1128/genomea.00453-17
SANDPUMA: ensemble predictions of nonribosomal peptide chemistry reveal biosynthetic diversity across Actinobacteria 10.1093/bioinformatics/btx400
Collaborating with Undergraduates To Contribute to Biochemistry Community Resources 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00872
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Genome-wide analysis of bacterial determinants of plant growth promotion and induced systemic resistance by Pseudomonas fluorescens. 10.1111/1462-2920.13927
Unearthing a sesterterpene biosynthetic repertoire in the Brassicaceae through genome mining reveals convergent evolution. 10.1073/pnas.1705567114
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Comprehensive curation and analysis of fungal biosynthetic gene clusters of published natural products. 10.1016/j.fgb.2016.01.012
Exploration and exploitation of the environment for novel specialized metabolites. 10.1016/j.copbio.2018.01.017
Computational Genomics of Specialized Metabolism: from Natural Product Discovery to Microbiome Ecology 10.1128/mSystems.00182-17
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A standardized workflow for submitting data to the Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster (MIBiG) repository: prospects for research-based educational experiences 10.1186/s40793-018-0318-y
The antiSMASH database version 2: a comprehensive resource on secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters 10.1093/nar/gky1060
Comprehensive mass spectrometry-guided plant specialized metabolite phenotyping reveals metabolic diversity in the cosmopolitan plant family Rhamnaceae 10.1101/463620
Mining bacterial genomes to reveal secret synergy 10.1074/jbc.H118.006669
Computational identification of co-evolving multi-gene modules in microbial biosynthetic gene clusters 10.1038/s42003-019-0333-6
Comprehensive mass spectrometry-guided plant specialized metabolite phenotyping reveals metabolic diversity in the cosmopolitan plant family Rhamnaceae 10.1111/tpj.14292
A genetical metabolomics approach for bioprospecting plant biosynthetic gene clusters 10.1186/s13104-019-4222-3
antiSMASH 5.0: updates to the secondary metabolite genome mining pipeline 10.1093/nar/gkz310
MolNetEnhancer: enhanced molecular networks by integrating metabolome mining and annotation tools 10.1101/654459
BiosyntheticSPAdes: Reconstructing Biosynthetic Gene Clusters From Assembly Graphs 10.1101/gr.243477.118
Genome Mining Approaches to Bacterial Natural Product Discovery 10.1016/b978-0-12-409547-2.14627-x
Computer-aided re-engineering of nonribosomal peptide and polyketide biosynthetic assembly lines 10.1039/C9NP00021F
PlantiSMASH: automated identification, annotation and expression analysis of plant biosynthetic gene clusters 10.1101/083535
MolNetEnhancer: Enhanced Molecular Networks by Integrating Metabolome Mining and Annotation Tools 10.3390/metabo9070144
Assessing Specialized Metabolite Diversity in the Cosmopolitan Plant Genus Euphorbia L. 10.3389/fpls.2019.00846
Pathogen-induced activation of disease-suppressive functions in the endophytic root microbiome 10.1126/science.aaw9285
MIBiG 2.0: a repository for biosynthetic gene clusters of known function 10.1093/nar/gkz882
A metabolic pathway for bile acid dehydroxylation by the gut microbiome 10.1101/758557
Coevolution-based prediction of protein-protein interactions in polyketide biosynthetic assembly lines 10.1101/669291
The Natural Products Atlas: An Open Access Knowledge Base for Microbial Natural Products Discovery 10.1021/acscentsci.9b00806
Cultivation and functional characterization of 79 planctomycetes uncovers their unique biology 10.1038/s41564-019-0588-1
Global analysis of adenylate-forming enzymes reveals β-lactone biosynthesis pathway in pathogenic Nocardia 10.1101/856955
Drivers of metabolic diversification: how dynamic genomic neighbourhoods generate new biosynthetic pathways in the Brassicaceae 10.1111/nph.16338
Microbial and volatile profiling of soils suppressive to Fusarium culmorum of wheat 10.1098/rspb.2019.2527
Computational genomic discovery of diverse gene clusters harboring Fe-S flavoenzymes in anaerobic gut microbiota 10.1101/2020.03.06.976126
RRE-Finder: A Genome-Mining Tool for Class-Independent RiPP Discovery 10.1101/2020.03.14.992123
Linking genomics and metabolomics to chart specialized metabolic diversity 10.1039/D0CS00162G
Computational genomic discovery of diverse gene clusters harbouring Fe-S flavoenzymes in anaerobic gut microbiota 10.1099/mgen.0.000373
ARTS 2.0: feature updates and expansion of the Antibiotic Resistant Target Seeker for comparative genome mining 10.1093/nar/gkaa374
Integration of machine learning and pan-genomics expands the biosynthetic landscape of RiPP natural products 10.1101/2020.05.19.104752
Ecology and genomics of Actinobacteria: new concepts for natural product discovery 10.1038/s41579-020-0379-y
The planctomycete Stieleria maiorica Mal15T employs stieleriacines to alter the species composition in marine biofilms 10.1038/s42003-020-0993-2
BiG-SLiCE: A Highly Scalable Tool Maps the Diversity of 1.2 Million Biosynthetic Gene Clusters 10.1101/2020.08.17.240838
Global analysis of adenylate-forming enzymes reveals β-lactone biosynthesis pathway in pathogenic Nocardia 10.1074/jbc.RA120.013528
Microbial natural product databases: moving forward in the multi-omics era 10.1039/D0NP00053A
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RRE-Finder: a Genome-Mining Tool for Class-Independent RiPP Discovery 10.1128/mSystems.00267-20
Author Correction: The planctomycete Stieleria maiorica Mal15T employs stieleriacines to alter the species composition in marine biofilms 10.1038/s42003-020-01271-y
BiG-FAM: the biosynthetic gene cluster families database 10.1093/nar/gkaa812
Coevolution-based prediction of protein–protein interactions in polyketide biosynthetic assembly lines 10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa595
The antiSMASH database version 3: increased taxonomic coverage and new query features for modular enzymes 10.1093/nar/gkaa978
Pan-genome analysis and ancestral state reconstruction of class halobacteria: probability of a new super-order 10.1038/s41598-020-77723-6
BiG-MAP: an automated pipeline to profile metabolic gene cluster abundance and expression in microbiomes 10.1101/2020.12.14.422671
Expansion of RiPP biosynthetic space through integration of pan-genomics and machine learning uncovers a novel class of lanthipeptides 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001026
BiG-SLiCE: A highly scalable tool maps the diversity of 1.2 million biosynthetic gene clusters 10.1093/gigascience/giaa154
The year 2020 in natural product bioinformatics: an overview of the latest tools and databases 10.1039/D0NP00090F
Do size and shape matter? Exploring the interactions and the metabolome of the soil isolate Hylemonella gracilis 10.1101/2021.02.11.430889
A systematic analysis of metabolic pathways in the human gut microbiota 10.1101/2021.02.25.432841
Omics-based strategies to discover novel classes of RiPP natural products 10.1016/j.copbio.2020.12.008
Evolution of combinatorial diversity in trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthase assembly lines across bacteria 10.1038/s41467-021-21163-x
The Surfactin-Like Lipopeptides From Bacillus spp.: Natural Biodiversity and Synthetic Biology for a Broader Application Range 10.3389/fbioe.2021.623701
Mining metagenomes for natural product biosynthetic gene clusters: unlocking new potential with ultrafast techniques 10.1101/2021.01.20.427441
Extracting the GEMs: Genotype, Environment, and Microbiome Interactions Shaping Host Phenotypes 10.3389/fmicb.2020.574053
A mammalian commensal of the oropharyngeal cavity produces antibiotic and antiviral valinomycin in vivo 10.21203/rs.3.rs-126949/v1
A biaryl-linked tripeptide from Planomonospora reveals a widespread class of minimal RiPP gene clusters 10.1016/j.chembiol.2020.11.009
cblaster: a remote search tool for rapid identification and visualisation of homologous gene clusters 10.1101/2020.11.08.370601
antiSMASH 6.0: improving cluster detection and comparison capabilities 10.1093/nar/gkab335
The gutSMASH web server: automated identification of primary metabolic gene clusters from the gut microbiota 10.1093/nar/gkab353
Mining genomes to illuminate the specialized chemistry of life 10.1038/s41576-021-00363-7
Dominant drivers of the human plasma metabolome 10.21203/rs.3.rs-688716/v1
A global survey of specialized metabolic diversity encoded in bacterial genomes 10.1101/2021.08.11.455920
cblaster: a remote search tool for rapid identification and visualization of homologous gene clusters 10.1093/bioadv/vbab016