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ArticleMicroorganisms2020

Diversity of Bacterial Biosynthetic Genes in Maritime Antarctica.

Adriana Rego, António G G Sousa, João P Santos, Francisco Pascoal, João Canário, Pedro N Leão, Catarina Magalhães

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Article in Microorganisms, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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Adriana RegoInterdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), University of Porto, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal.
António G G SousaInterdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), University of Porto, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal.
João P SantosInterdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), University of Porto, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal.
Francisco PascoalInterdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), University of Porto, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal.
João CanárioCentro de Química Estrutural at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal.
Pedro N LeãoInterdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), University of Porto, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal.
Catarina MagalhãesInterdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), University of Porto, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal.

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia IF/01358/2014Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia PTDC/CTA-AMB/30997/2017Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia SFRH/BD/140567/2018)Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia UID/Multi/04423/2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial natural products (NPs) are still a major source of new drug leads. Polyketides (PKs) and non-ribosomal peptides (NRP) are two pharmaceutically important families of NPs and recent studies have revealed Antarctica to harbor endemic polyketide synthase (PKS) and non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) genes, likely to be involved in the production of novel metabolites. Despite this, the diversity of secondary metabolites genes in Antarctica is still poorly explored. In this study, a computational bioprospection approach was employed to study the diversity and identity of PKS and NRPS genes to one of the most biodiverse areas in maritime Antarctica-Maxwell Bay. Amplicon sequencing of soil samples targeting ketosynthase (KS) and adenylation (AD) domains of PKS and NRPS genes, respectively, revealed abundant and unexplored chemical diversity in this peninsula. About 20% of AD domain sequences were only distantly related to characterized biosynthetic genes. Several PKS and NRPS genes were found to be closely associated to recently described metabolites including those from uncultured and candidate phyla. The combination of new approaches in computational biology and new culture-dependent and -independent strategies is thus critical for the recovery of the potential novel chemistry encoded in Antarctica microorganisms.

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adenylation (AD)Antarcticabiosynthetic genescomputational bioprospectionketosynthase (KS)natural products (NPs).non-ribosomal peptides (NRPs)polyketides (PKs)

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PMID32085500
PMCPMC7074882

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