Here, the authors elucidate the biosynthetic pathway of ECH in Cistanche tubulosa ... of these sequences in the laboratory. Genes encoding bacterial modular polyketide synthases (mPKSs) are ...

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A study published in PNAS reveals how a bacterial pathogen coordinates N ... genes involved in central and secondary metabolic pathways, particularly those linked to ManNAc metabolism.

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Functional analyses linked co-colonizers and co-excluders to metabolic pathways involved in nutrient ... co-excluders harbor uncharacterized biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) linked to quorum ...

Conserved immune pathways “What we’ve been finding is the way that bacteria stop phages is very similar to the ways that humans fight off their pathogens,” Ledvina says. “The same proteins, as well as ...

As an efficient gene editing tool, the CRISPR/Cas9 system has been widely employed to investigate and regulate the biosynthetic pathways of active ingredients in medicinal plants. CRISPR technology ...

More information: Graham W. Heberlig et al, Crosslinking intermodular condensation in non-ribosomal peptide biosynthesis, Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08306-y ...