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 …

Covering: up to mid of 2018 Type I fatty acid synthases (FASs) are giant multienzymes
catalyzing all steps of the biosynthesis of fatty acids from acetyl-and malonyl-CoA by iterative …

Microbial natural products are an invaluable source of evolved bioactive small molecules
and pharmaceutical agents. Next-generation and metagenomic sequencing indicates …

The genus Monascus, comprising nine species, can reproduce either vegetatively with
filaments and conidia or sexually by the formation of ascospores. The most well-known …

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 …

Fungal aromatic polyketides constitute a large family of bioactive natural products and are
synthesized by the non-reducing group of iterative polyketide synthases (PKSs). Their …

Fusarium fujikuroi produces a variety of secondary metabolites, of which polyketides form
the most diverse group. Among these are the highly pigmented naphthoquinones, which …

Time span of literature covered: up to mid-2023 Iterative type I polyketide synthases (iPKSs)
are outstanding natural chemists: megaenzymes that repeatedly utilize their catalytic …

Genome sequencing has revealed that fungi have the ability to synthesize many more
natural products (NPs) than are currently known, but methods for obtaining suitable …

Natural anthraquinones are represented by a large group of compounds. Some of them are
widespread across the kingdoms, especially in bacteria, fungi and plants, while the others …