New developments in RiPP discovery, enzymology and engineering

M Montalbán-López, TA Scott, S Ramesh… - Natural product …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to June 2020 Ribosomally-synthesized and post-translationally modified
peptides (RiPPs) are a large group of natural products. A community-driven review in 2013 …

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] Biosynthetic potential of the global ocean microbiome

L Paoli, HJ Ruscheweyh, CC Forneris, F Hubrich… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Natural microbial communities are phylogenetically and metabolically diverse. In addition to
underexplored organismal groups, this diversity encompasses a rich discovery potential for …

A roadmap for metagenomic enzyme discovery

SL Robinson, J Piel, S Sunagawa - Natural Product Reports, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to 2021 Metagenomics has yielded massive amounts of sequencing data
offering a glimpse into the biosynthetic potential of the uncultivated microbial majority. While …

Site-specific bioorthogonal protein labelling by tetrazine ligation using endogenous β-amino acid dienophiles

D Richter, E Lakis, J Piel - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
The tetrazine ligation is an inverse electron-demand Diels–Alder reaction widely used for
bioorthogonal modifications due to its versatility, site specificity and fast reaction kinetics. A …

Expansion of RiPP biosynthetic space through integration of pan-genomics and machine learning uncovers a novel class of lanthipeptides

AM Kloosterman, P Cimermancic, SS Elsayed… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Microbial natural products constitute a wide variety of chemical compounds, many which can
have antibiotic, antiviral, or anticancer properties that make them interesting for clinical …

Bioinformatic Mapping of Radical S-Adenosylmethionine-Dependent Ribosomally Synthesized and Post-Translationally Modified Peptides Identifies New Cα, Cβ …

GA Hudson, BJ Burkhart, AJ DiCaprio… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Recently developed bioinformatic tools have bolstered the discovery of ribosomally
synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs). Using an improved version …

Ribosomally derived lipopeptides containing distinct fatty acyl moieties

F Hubrich, NM Bösch, C Chepkirui… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Lipopeptides represent a large group of microbial natural products that include important
antibacterial and antifungal drugs and some of the most-powerful known biosurfactants. The …

Macrocyclization and backbone modification in RiPP biosynthesis

H Lee, WA Van Der Donk - Annual review of biochemistry, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The past decade has seen impressive advances in understanding the biosynthesis of
ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptides (RiPPs). One of the most …

The biosynthetic landscape of triceptides reveals radical SAM enzymes that catalyze cyclophane formation on Tyr-and His-containing motifs

R Sugiyama, AFL Suarez, Y Morishita… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Peptide-derived cyclophanes inhabit a unique niche in the chemical space of macrocyclic
peptides with several examples of pharmaceutical importance. Although both synthetic and …