Classification, prediction, and verification of the regioselectivity of fungal polyketide synthase product template domains

Y Li, W Xu, Y Tang - The Journal of biological chemistry, 2010 - ASBMB
The fungal iterative nonreducing polyketide synthases (NRPKSs) synthesize aromatic
polyketides, many of which have important biological activities. The product template …

Bioinformatical analysis of the sequences, structures and functions of fungal polyketide synthase product template domains

L Liu, Z Zhang, CL Shao, JL Wang, H Bai, CY Wang - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
The product template (PT) domains, specifically in fungal non-reducing polyketide synthases
(NR-PKSs), mediate the regioselective cyclization of polyketides dominating the final …

Systematic domain swaps of iterative, nonreducing polyketide synthases provide a mechanistic understanding and rationale for catalytic reprogramming

AG Newman, AL Vagstad, PA Storm… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Iterative, nonreducing polyketide synthases (NR-PKSs) are multidomain enzymes
responsible for the construction of the core architecture of aromatic polyketide natural …

Biosynthesis of fungal polyketides

RJ Cox, E Skellam, K Williams - … and Genetics: Selected Basic and Applied …, 2018 - Springer
Fungal polyketides comprise of a large group of structurally diverse compounds with a wide
range of biological activities. These compounds are biosynthesised by Type I iterative …

Intrinsic and extrinsic programming of product chain length and release mode in fungal collaborating iterative polyketide synthases

C Wang, X Wang, L Zhang, Q Yue, Q Liu… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Combinatorial biosynthesis with fungal polyketide synthases (PKSs) promises to produce
unprecedented bioactive “unnatural” natural products (uNPs) for drug discovery. Genome …

Unraveling the iterative type I polyketide synthases hidden in Streptomyces

B Wang, F Guo, C Huang… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Type I polyketide synthases (T1PKSs) are one of the most extensively studied PKSs, which
can act either iteratively or via an assembly-line mechanism. Domains in the T1PKSs can …

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 …

Polyketide mimetics yield structural and mechanistic insights into product template domain function in nonreducing polyketide synthases

JF Barajas, G Shakya, G Moreno… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Product template (PT) domains from fungal nonreducing polyketide synthases (NR-PKSs)
are responsible for controlling the aldol cyclizations of poly-β-ketone intermediates …

Rational domain swaps reveal insights about chain length control by ketosynthase domains in fungal nonreducing polyketide synthases

T Liu, JF Sanchez, YM Chiang, BR Oakley… - Organic …, 2014 - ACS Publications
A facile genetic methodology in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans allowed
exchange of the starter unit ACP transacylase (SAT) domain in the nonreduced polyketide …

Fungal polyketide synthase product chain-length control by partnering thiohydrolase

AO Zabala, YH Chooi, MS Choi, HC Lin… - ACS chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Fungal highly reducing polyketide synthases (HRPKSs) are an enigmatic group of
multidomain enzymes that catalyze the biosynthesis of structurally diverse compounds. This …