Compartmentalization and molecular traffic in secondary metabolism: a new understanding of established cellular processes

LV Roze, A Chanda, JE Linz - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2011 - Elsevier
Great progress has been made in understanding the regulation of expression of genes
involved in secondary metabolism. Less is known about the mechanisms that govern the …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative genomic analysis of human fungal pathogens causing paracoccidioidomycosis

CA Desjardins, MD Champion, JW Holder… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Paracoccidioides is a fungal pathogen and the cause of paracoccidioidomycosis, a health-
threatening human systemic mycosis endemic to Latin America. Infection by …

The Botrytis cinerea phytotoxin botcinic acid requires two polyketide synthases for production and has a redundant role in virulence with botrydial

B Dalmais, J Schumacher, J Moraga… - Molecular plant …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The grey mould fungus Botrytis cinerea produces two major phytotoxins, the sesquiterpene
botrydial, for which the biosynthesis gene cluster has been characterized previously, and the …

Molecular basis for mycophenolic acid biosynthesis in Penicillium brevicompactum

TB Regueira, KR Kildegaard, BG Hansen… - Applied and …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mycophenolic acid (MPA) is the active ingredient in the increasingly important
immunosuppressive pharmaceuticals CellCept (Roche) and Myfortic (Novartis). Despite the …

A genome-wide polyketide synthase deletion library uncovers novel genetic links to polyketides and meroterpenoids in Aspergillus nidulans

ML Nielsen, JB Nielsen, C Rank… - FEMS microbiology …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Fungi possess an advanced secondary metabolism that is regulated and coordinated in a
complex manner depending on environmental challenges. To understand this complexity, a …

Insights from the first putative biosynthetic gene cluster for a lichen depside and depsidone

D Armaleo, X Sun, C Culberson - Mycologia, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The genes for polyketide synthases (PKSs), enzymes that assemble the carbon backbones
of many secondary metabolites, often cluster with other secondary pathway genes. We …

Allergens/Antigens, Toxins and Polyketides of Important Aspergillus Species

PJ Bhetariya, T Madan, SF Basir, A Varma… - Indian Journal of Clinical …, 2011 - Springer
The medical, agricultural and biotechnological importance of the primitive eukaryotic
microorganisms, the Fungi was recognized way back in 1920. Among various groups of …

Comparative characterization of fungal anthracenone and naphthacenedione biosynthetic pathways reveals an α-hydroxylation-dependent Claisen-like cyclization …

Y Li, YH Chooi, Y Sheng, JS Valentine… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The linear tetracyclic TAN-1612 (1) and BMS-192548 (2) were isolated from different
filamentous fungal strains and have been examined as potential neuropeptide Y and …

[HTML][HTML] Interkingdom gene transfer of a hybrid NPS/PKS from bacteria to filamentous ascomycota

DP Lawrence, S Kroken, BM Pryor, AE Arnold - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Nonribosomal peptides (NRPs) and polyketides (PKs) are ecologically important secondary
metabolites produced by bacteria and fungi using multidomain enzymes called …

Identification of a biosynthesis gene cluster for flocculosin a cellobiose lipid produced by the biocontrol agent Pseudozyma flocculosa

B Teichmann, C Labbé, F Lefebvre… - Molecular …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Flocculosin is an antifungal glycolipid produced by the biocontrol fungus Pseudozyma
flocculosa. It consists of cellobiose, O‐glycosidically linked to 3, 15, 16‐trihydroxypalmitic …