Mining genomes to illuminate the specialized chemistry of life

MH Medema, T de Rond, BS Moore - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
All organisms produce specialized organic molecules, ranging from small volatile chemicals
to large gene-encoded peptides, that have evolved to provide them with diverse cellular and …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in decomposing complex metabolite mixtures using substructure-and network-based computational metabolomics approaches

MA Beniddir, KB Kang, G Genta-Jouve, F Huber… - Natural product …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to the end of 2020 Recently introduced computational metabolome mining
tools have started to positively impact the chemical and biological interpretation of …

NPClassifier: a deep neural network-based structural classification tool for natural products

HW Kim, M Wang, CA Leber, LF Nothias… - Journal of Natural …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Computational approaches such as genome and metabolome mining are becoming
essential to natural products (NPs) research. Consequently, a need exists for an automated …

Metabolomics and genomics in natural products research: complementary tools for targeting new chemical entities

LK Caesar, R Montaser, NP Keller… - Natural product reports, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2010 to 2021 Organisms in nature have evolved into proficient synthetic chemists,
utilizing specialized enzymatic machinery to biosynthesize an inspiring diversity of …

Machine learning approaches for elucidating the biological effects of natural products

R Zhang, X Li, X Zhang, H Qin, W Xiao - Natural Product Reports, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2000 to 2020 Machine learning (ML) is an efficient tool for the prediction of
bioactivity and the study of structure–activity relationships. Over the past decade, an …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of virtual screening in bioprospecting: facts, shifts, and perspectives to explore the chemo-structural diversity of natural products

K Santana, LD Do Nascimento, A Lima e Lima… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Natural products are continually explored in the development of new bioactive compounds
with industrial applications, attracting the attention of scientific research efforts due to their …

[HTML][HTML] The year 2020 in natural product bioinformatics: an overview of the latest tools and databases

MH Medema - Natural Product Reports, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2020 Bioinformatic approaches to document and analyse chemical structures,
biosynthetic gene clusters and analytical data play an important role in the study of natural …

Microbial natural product databases: moving forward in the multi-omics era

JA Van Santen, SA Kautsar, MH Medema… - Natural Product …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2010–2020 The digital revolution is driving significant changes in how people
store, distribute, and use information. With the advent of new technologies around linked …

Development of an NMR-based platform for the direct structural annotation of complex natural products mixtures

JM Egan, JA van Santen, DY Liu… - Journal of natural …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The development of new “omics” platforms is having a significant impact on the landscape of
natural products discovery. However, despite the advantages that such platforms bring to the …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial pathogens: threat or treat (a review on bioactive natural products from bacterial pathogens)

F Maglangit, Y Yu, H Deng - Natural Product Reports, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to the second quarter of 2020 Threat or treat? While pathogenic bacteria pose
significant threats, they also represent a huge reservoir of potential pharmaceuticals to treat …