Mechanistic understanding of lanthipeptide biosynthetic enzymes

LM Repka, JR Chekan, SK Nair… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Lanthipeptides are ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides
(RiPPs) that display a wide variety of biological activities, from antimicrobial to antiallodynic …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering of nisin as a means for improvement of its pharmacological properties: A review

M Musiejuk, P Kafarski - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lantibiotics are believed to have a conceivable potential to be used as therapeutics,
especially against clinically resistant bacterial strains. However, their low solubility and poor …

Analysis of modular bioengineered antimicrobial lanthipeptides at nanoliter scale

S Schmitt, M Montalbán-López, D Peterhoff… - Nature chemical …, 2019 - nature.com
The rise of antibiotic resistance demands the acceleration of molecular diversification
strategies to inspire new chemical entities for antibiotic medicines. We report here on the …

Discovery of a novel lantibiotic nisin O from Blautia obeum A2-162, isolated from the human gastrointestinal tract

D Hatziioanou, C Gherghisan-Filip… - …, 2017 - microbiologyresearch.org
A novel lanC-like sequence was identified from the dominant human gut bacterium Blautia
obeum strain A2-162. This sequence was extended to reveal a putative lantibiotic operon …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into AMS/PCAT transporters from biochemical and structural characterization of a double Glycine motif protease

SC Bobeica, SH Dong, L Huo, N Mazo, MI McLaughlin… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
The secretion of peptides and proteins is essential for survival and ecological adaptation of
bacteria. Dual-functional ATP-binding cassette transporters export antimicrobial or quorum …

Substrate sequence controls regioselectivity of lanthionine formation by ProcM

T Le, K Jeanne Dit Fouque… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lanthipeptides belong to the family of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally
modified peptides (RiPPs). The (methyl) lanthionine cross-links characteristic to …

[HTML][HTML] Sequence controlled secondary structure is important for the site-selectivity of lanthipeptide cyclization

X Mi, EK Desormeaux, TT Le, WA van der Donk… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Lanthipeptides are ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides that
are generated from precursor peptides through a dehydration and cyclization process …

[PDF][PDF] Engineering lanthipeptides by introducing a large variety of RiPP modifications to obtain new-to-nature bioactive peptides

Y Fu, Y Xu, F Ruijne, OP Kuipers - FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Natural bioactive peptide discovery is a challenging and time-consuming process. However,
advances in synthetic biology are providing promising new avenues in peptide engineering …

Deciphering the Biosynthesis of Novel Class I Lanthipeptides from Marine Pseudoalteromonas Reveals a Dehydratase PsfB with Dethiolation Activity

X Wang, Z Wang, Z Dong, Y Yan, Y Zhang… - ACS Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Lanthipeptides are a representative class of RiPPs that possess characteristic lanthionine
and/or methyllanthionine thioether cross-links. The biosynthetic potentials of marine-derived …

Functional expression and characterization of the highly promiscuous lanthipeptide synthetase SyncM, enabling the production of lanthipeptides with a broad range of …

P Arias-Orozco, M Inklaar, J Lanooij… - ACS Synthetic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lanthipeptides are ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides
characterized by the presence of lanthionine rings that provide stability and functionality …