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Core Steps to the Azaphilone Family of Fungal Natural Products

Katherine Williams Orcid Logo, Claudio Greco Orcid Logo, Andrew M. Bailey Orcid Logo, Christine L. Willis Orcid Logo

ChemBioChem, Volume: 22, Issue: 21, Pages: 3027 - 3036

Swansea University Author: Claudio Greco Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1002/cbic.202100240

Abstract

Azaphilones are a family of polyketide-based fungal natural products that exhibit interesting and useful bioactivities. This minireview explores the literature on various characterised azaphilone biosynthetic pathways, which allows for a proposed consensus scheme for the production of the core azaph...

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Published in: ChemBioChem
ISSN: 1439-4227 1439-7633
Published: Wiley 2021
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61515
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Abstract: Azaphilones are a family of polyketide-based fungal natural products that exhibit interesting and useful bioactivities. This minireview explores the literature on various characterised azaphilone biosynthetic pathways, which allows for a proposed consensus scheme for the production of the core azaphilone structure, as well as identifying early diversification steps during azaphilone biosynthesis. A consensus understanding of the core enzymatic steps towards a particular family of fungal natural products can aid in genome-mining experiments. Genome mining for novel fungal natural products is a powerful technique for both exploring chemical space and providing new insights into fungal natural product pathways.
Keywords: azaphilone; biosynthesis; genome mining; natural products; pathway elucidation
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Funders: MRC. Grant Number: MR/N029909/1; BBSRC. Grant Number: BB/V005723/1
Issue: 21
Start Page: 3027
End Page: 3036