Many biologically active small‐molecule natural products produced by microorganisms
derive their activities from sugar substituents. Changing the structures of these sugars can …

Covering: 1985–2002. This review covers the highlights of combinatorial biosynthesis
applied on post-polyketide synthase modifying enzymes, such as oxygenases …

Many bioactive natural products are glycosylated compounds in which the sugars are
important or essential for biological activity. The isolation of several sugar biosynthesis gene …

▪ Abstract Carbohydrates are highly abundant biomolecules found extensively in nature.
Besides playing important roles in energy storage and supply, they often serve as essential …

The antibiotic kijanimicin produced by the actinomycete Actinomadura kijaniata has a broad
spectrum of bioactivities as well as a number of interesting biosynthetic features. To …

This two-part review summarises the literature for the biosynthesis of Type I polyketide
biosynthesis in bacteria from the end of 1994 through to mid-2000, and should be read in …

The biosynthetic gene cluster of the aureolic acid type antitumor drug chromomycin A 3 from
S. griseus subsp. griseus has been identified and characterized. It spans 43 kb and contains …

This is the second part (Part B) of a review that summarises the literature for Type I
polyketide biosynthesis in bacteria from the end of 1994 through to mid-2000, and should be …

The 2, 3, 6-trideoxysugar l-epivancosamine is the terminal sugar added to the aglycone
scaffold in chloroeremomycin, a member of the vancomycin family of glycopeptide …

Carbohydrates form the most abundant group of natural products and are found in all
classes of living organisms. 1-8 They serve as a direct link between the energy of the sun …