Discovering the secondary metabolic potential of Saccharothrix

B Wei, X Luo, ZY Zhou, GA Hu, L Li, HW Lin… - Biotechnology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rare actinomycetes are highly valued as potential sources of novel bioactive secondary
metabolites. Among these rare actinomycetes, the genus Saccharothrix is particularly …

Nanoliposome is a promising carrier of protein and peptide biomolecule for the treatment of cancer

T Kumar Giri, A Giri, T Kumar Barman… - Anti-Cancer Agents in …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Nano-liposomes are the newly developed delivery systems for cancer therapy that are
finding a position particularly suitable as peptide and protein carriers. These are three …

Streptomyces tirandamycinicus sp. nov., a Novel Marine Sponge-Derived Actinobacterium With Antibacterial Potential Against Streptococcus agalactiae

X Huang, F Kong, S Zhou, D Huang, J Zheng… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
A novel actinobacterium, strain HNM0039T, was isolated from a marine sponge sample
collected at the coast of Wenchang, Hainan, China and its polyphasic taxonomy was …

iPRESTO: Automated discovery of biosynthetic sub-clusters linked to specific natural product substructures

JJR Louwen, SA Kautsar, S van der Burg… - PLoS Computational …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Microbial specialised metabolism is full of valuable natural products that are applied
clinically, agriculturally, and industrially. The genes that encode their biosynthesis are often …

Caboxamycin biosynthesis pathway and identification of novel benzoxazoles produced by cross‐talk in Streptomyces sp. NTK 937

AA Losada, C Cano‐Prieto… - Microbial …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Streptomyces sp. NTK 937, producer of benzoxazole antibiotic caboxamycin, produces in
addition a methyl ester derivative, O‐methylcaboxamycin. Caboxamycin cluster, comprising …

Unique Cyclized Thiolopyrrolones from the Marine-Derived Streptomyces sp. BTBU20218885

F Song, J Hu, X Zhang, W Xu, J Yang, S Li, X Xu - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Two new cyclized thiolopyrrolone derivatives, namely, thiolopyrrolone A (1) and 2, 2-
dioxidothiolutin (2), together with the kn own compound, thiolutin (3) were identified from a …

A Permissive Amide N-Methyltransferase for Dithiolopyrrolones

X Chen, RM Johnson, B Li - ACS catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Amide N-methylation is important for the activity and permeability of bioactive compounds
but can be challenging to perform selectively. The broad-spectrum antimicrobial natural …

Streptomyces humicola sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from peat swamp forest soil in Thailand

C Klaysubun, N Srisuk… - International Journal of …, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
A polyphasic approach was used to describe strain RB6PN25T, an actinobacterium isolated
from peat swamp forest soil in Rayong Province, Thailand. The strain was a Gram-stain …

The Impact of Heterologous Regulatory Genes from Lipodepsipeptide Biosynthetic Gene Clusters on the Production of Teicoplanin and A40926

K Zhukrovska, E Binda, V Fedorenko, F Marinelli… - Antibiotics, 2024 - mdpi.com
StrR-like pathway-specific transcriptional regulators (PSRs) function as activators in the
biosynthesis of various antibiotics, including glycopeptides (GPAs), aminoglycosides …

Characterization of regulatory and transporter genes in the biosynthesis of anti-tuberculosis ilamycins and production in a heterologous host

J He, X Wei, Z Yang, Y Li, J Ju, J Ma - Marine Drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ilamycins are cyclopeptides with novel structures that have been isolated from different
Actinomycetes. They showed strong anti-tuberculosis activity and could serve as important …