Biomimetic engineering of nonribosomal peptide synthesis

K Zhang, H Kries - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Nonribosomal peptides (NRPs) have gained attention due to their diverse biological
activities and potential applications in medicine and agriculture. The natural diversity of …

Investigating the role of class I adenylate-forming enzymes in natural product biosynthesis

HK D'Ambrosio, ER Derbyshire - ACS Chemical Biology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Adenylate-forming enzymes represent one of the most important enzyme classes in biology,
responsible for the activation of carboxylate substrates for biosynthetic modifications. The …

Protein engineering for natural product biosynthesis and synthetic biology applications

MA Calzini, AA Malico, MM Mitchler… - … , Design and Selection, 2021 - academic.oup.com
As protein engineering grows more salient, many strategies have emerged to alter protein
structure and function, with the goal of redesigning and optimizing natural product …

[HTML][HTML] Functional Diversity and Engineering of the Adenylation Domains in Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases

M Zhang, Z Peng, Z Huang, J Fang, X Li, X Qiu - Marine Drugs, 2024 - mdpi.com
Nonribosomal peptides (NRPs) are biosynthesized by nonribosomal peptide synthetases
(NRPSs) and are widely distributed in both terrestrial and marine organisms. Many NRPs …

Characterization of a unique interrupted adenylation domain that can catalyze three reactions

TA Lundy, S Mori, N Thamban Chandrika… - ACS Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Interrupted adenylation (A) domains contain auxiliary domains within their structure and are
a subject of growing interest in the field of nonribosomal peptide biosynthesis. They have …

[HTML][HTML] A thorough analysis and categorization of bacterial interrupted adenylation domains, including previously unidentified families

TA Lundy, S Mori, S Garneau-Tsodikova - RSC Chemical Biology, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Interrupted adenylation (A) domains are key to the immense structural diversity seen in the
nonribosomal peptide (NRP) class of natural products (NPs). Interrupted A domains are A …

Unimodular Methylation by Adenylation–Thiolation Domains Containing an Embedded Methyltransferase

S Mori, S Garneau-Tsodikova, OV Tsodikov - Journal of molecular biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Nonribosomal peptides (NRPs) are natural products that are biosynthesized by large multi-
enzyme assembly lines called nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs). We have …

[HTML][HTML] Lessons learned in engineering interrupted adenylation domains when attempting to create trifunctional enzymes from three independent monofunctional …

TA Lundy, S Mori, S Garneau-Tsodikova - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Interrupted adenylation (A) domains are fascinating examples of multifunctional enzymes.
They are found in nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs), which biosynthesize …

Characterization and Engineering of Interrupted Adenylation Domains

TA Lundy - 2020 - uknowledge.uky.edu
Nature has historically served as a prolific source of biologically active molecules produced
by plants, fungi, and bacteria termed natural products (NPs). These NPs often serve as …