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Accessing the hidden majority of marine natural products through metagenomics.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21542088     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Tiny marine animals represent an untapped reservoir for undiscovered, bioactive natural products. However, their small size and extreme chemical variability preclude traditional chemical approaches to discovering new bioactive compounds. Here, we use a metagenomic method to directly discover and rapidly access cyanobactin class natural products from these variable samples, and provide proof-of-concept for genome-based discovery and supply of marine natural products. We also address practical optimization of complex, multistep ribosomal peptide pathways in heterologous hosts, which is still very challenging. The resulting methods and concepts will be applicable to ribosomal peptide and other biosynthetic pathways.
Authors:
Mohamed S Donia; Duane E Ruffner; Sheng Cao; Eric W Schmidt
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural     Date:  2011-05-03
Journal Detail:
Title:  Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology     Volume:  12     ISSN:  1439-7633     ISO Abbreviation:  Chembiochem     Publication Date:  2011 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-05-16     Completed Date:  2011-09-02     Revised Date:  2013-05-24    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100937360     Medline TA:  Chembiochem     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1230-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Affiliation:
College of Pharmacy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Biological Agents / chemistry*,  isolation & purification
Drug Discovery*
Metagenomics*
Molecular Sequence Data
Molecular Structure
Oceans and Seas
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
GM071425/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS; GM071425-S1/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS; R01 GM071425/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Biological Agents
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