The marine actinomycete genus Salinispora: a model organism for secondary metabolite discovery.

Autor: Jensen PR; Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, USA. pjensen@ucsd.edu., Moore BS, Fenical W
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Natural product reports [Nat Prod Rep] 2015 May; Vol. 32 (5), pp. 738-51.
DOI: 10.1039/c4np00167b
Abstrakt: This review covers the initial discovery of the marine actinomycete genus Salinispora through its development as a model for natural product research. A focus is placed on the novel chemical structures reported with reference to their biological activities and the synthetic and biosynthetic studies they have inspired. The time line of discoveries progresses from more traditional bioassay-guided approaches through the application of genome mining and genetic engineering techniques that target the products of specific biosynthetic gene clusters. This overview exemplifies the extraordinary biosynthetic diversity that can emanate from a narrowly defined genus and supports future efforts to explore marine taxa in the search for novel natural products.
Databáze: MEDLINE