Engineering biosynthetic enzymes for industrial natural product synthesis

S Galanie, D Entwistle, J Lalonde - Natural Product Reports, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2000 to 2020 Natural products and their derivatives are commercially important
medicines, agrochemicals, flavors, fragrances, and food ingredients. Industrial strategies to …

Engineering natural products using combinatorial biosynthesis and biocatalysis

H Zhou, X Xie, Y Tang - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2008 - Elsevier
Many biologically active natural products are produced by the host organisms using
dedicated biosynthetic pathways. The programming rules of these pathways may be …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging molecular biology tools and strategies for engineering natural product biosynthesis

W Xu, E Klumbys, EL Ang, H Zhao - Metabolic Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Natural products and their related derivatives play a significant role in drug discovery and
have been the inspiration for the design of numerous synthetic bioactive compounds. With …

Current and emerging approaches for natural product biosynthesis in microbial cells

KT Watts, BN Mijts… - Advanced Synthesis & …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Microorganisms and plants synthesize a tremendous diversity of chemical compounds. For
centuries, these compounds have been used as medicines, foods and other useful …

Synthetic biological approaches to natural product biosynthesis

JM Winter, Y Tang - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2012 - Elsevier
Small molecules produced in Nature possess exquisite chemical diversity and continue to
be an inspiration for the development of new therapeutic agents. In their host organisms …

Synthetic biology strategies for microbial biosynthesis of plant natural products

A Cravens, J Payne, CD Smolke - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Metabolic engineers endeavor to create a bio-based manufacturing industry using microbes
to produce fuels, chemicals, and medicines. Plant natural products (PNPs) are historically …

Enzyme engineering for biosynthetic cascades

JA McIntosh, AE Owens - Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biosynthetic cascades represent a transformative technology that is revolutionizing the way
chemists approach synthetic challenges and have set new standards for what constitutes …

Biosynthesis of therapeutic natural products using synthetic biology

AR Awan, WM Shaw, T Ellis - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Natural products are a group of bioactive structurally diverse chemicals produced by
microorganisms and plants. These molecules and their derivatives have contributed to over …

Synthetic biology of natural products

R Breitling, E Takano - Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives …, 2016 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The diversity and natural modularity of their biosynthetic pathways has turned natural
products into attractive, but challenging, targets for synthetic biology approaches. Here, we …

Opportunities for enzyme engineering in natural product biosynthesis

P Bernhardt, SE O'Connor - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2009 - Elsevier
Organisms from all kingdoms of life produce a plethora of natural products that display a
range of biological activities. One key limitation of developing these natural products into …