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ArticleNature communications2022

A scalable platform to discover antimicrobials of ribosomal origin.

Richard S Ayikpoe, Chengyou Shi, Alexander J Battiste, Sara M Eslami, Sangeetha Ramesh, Max A Simon, Ian R Bothwell, Hyunji Lee, Andrew J Rice, Hengqian Ren and 9 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Richard S Ayikpoe *Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 61801, IL, USA.
Chengyou Shi *Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 61801, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1138-3580
Alexander J Battiste *Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 61801, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4072-7007
Sara M EslamiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 61801, IL, USA.
Sangeetha RameshCarl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 61801, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9229-2009
Max A SimonCarl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 61801, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4183-8040
Ian R BothwellDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 61801, IL, USA.
Hyunji LeeDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 61801, IL, USA.
Andrew J RiceDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 61801, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8794-3826
Hengqian RenCarl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 61801, IL, USA.
Qiqi TianCarl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 61801, IL, USA.
Lonnie A HarrisDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 61801, IL, USA.
Raymond SarksianDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 61801, IL, USA.
Lingyang ZhuSchool of Chemical Sciences NMR Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 61801, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6657-271X
Autumn M FrerkDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 61801, IL, USA.
Timothy W PrecordDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 61801, IL, USA.
Wilfred A van der DonkDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 61801, IL, USA. vddonk@illinois.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5467-7071
Douglas A MitchellDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 61801, IL, USA. douglasm@illinois.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9564-0953
Huimin ZhaoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 61801, IL, USA. zhao5@illinois.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9069-6739

Funding

A Scalable Platform to Discover Antimicrobials of Ribosomal OriginR01AI144967 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI Douglas Alan Mitchell, WILFRED A. VAN DER DONK · 2019 to 2026
$6.0M
Training Program in Chemistry-Interface with BiologyT32GM070421 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI HERGENROTHER, PAUL · 2005 to 2019
$5.4M
Training Program at the Chemistry Biology InterfaceT32GM136629 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI Paul Hergenrother · 2020 to 2026
$4.5M
Enzyme Chemistry and Biological Function of RiPP-like Modifications.R01GM097142 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI MITCHELL, DOUGLAS ALAN · 2012 to 2024
$4.1M
Posttranslational Modifications during Natural Product BiosynthesisR37GM058822 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI VAN DER DONK, WILFRED A. · 2016 to 2025
$2.9M
Investigations of lanthipeptides derived from human gut microbiomeF32GM140621 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI AYIKPOE, RICHARD SELORM · 2021 to 2022
$95k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIAID NIH HHS R01 AI144967NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM140621NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM097142NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM058822NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM070421NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM136629
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) are a promising source of new antimicrobials in the face of rising antibiotic resistance. Here, we report a scalable platform that combines high-throughput bioinformatics with automated biosynthetic gene cluster refactoring for rapid evaluation of uncharacterized gene clusters. As a proof of concept, 96 RiPP gene clusters that originate from diverse bacterial phyla involving 383 biosynthetic genes are refactored in a high-throughput manner using a biological foundry with a success rate of 86%. Heterologous expression of all successfully refactored gene clusters in Escherichia coli enables the discovery of 30 compounds covering six RiPP classes: lanthipeptides, lasso peptides, graspetides, glycocins, linear azol(in)e-containing peptides, and thioamitides. A subset of the discovered lanthipeptides exhibit antibiotic activity, with one class II lanthipeptide showing low µM activity against Klebsiella pneumoniae, an ESKAPE pathogen. Overall, this work provides a robust platform for rapidly discovering RiPPs.

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DanazolRibosomesAnti-Bacterial AgentsEscherichia coliMultigene FamilyPeptidesProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalAnti-Bacterial AgentsDanazolPeptides

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PMID36253467
PMCPMC9576775

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