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ArticleNature communications2025

A rational multi-target combination strategy for synergistic improvement of non-ribosomal peptide production.

Hao Yan, Zhenguo Xin, Ziwei Sang, Xingwang Li, Jia Xie, Jiale Wu, Shen Pang, Ying Wen, Weishan Wang

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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9 authors.

Hao YanState Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding and College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Zhenguo XinState Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Ziwei SangState Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding and College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Xingwang LiState Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding and College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Jia XieState Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding and College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Jiale WuState Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding and College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Shen PangState Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Ying WenState Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding and College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China. wen@cau.edu.cn.
Weishan WangState Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. wangws@im.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7827-2696

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32100066National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32170081National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32170095
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-ribosomal peptides (NRPs) are pharmaceutically important natural products that include numerous clinical drugs. However, the biosynthesis of these NRPs is intricately regulated and improving production through manipulation of multiple regulatory targets remains largely empirical. We here develop a screening-based, multi-target rational combination strategy and demonstrate its effectiveness in enhancing the titers of three NRP drugs - daptomycin, thaxtomin A and surfactin. Initially, we devise a reliable colorimetric analog co-expression and co-biosynthesis reporter system for screening high-yielding phenotypes. Subsequently, through coupling CRISPR interference to induce genome-wide differential expression, we identify dozens of repressors that inhibit the biosynthesis of these NRPs. To address the challenge of multi-target combination, we further developed a dual-target screen approach and introduced an interplay map based on the synergy coefficient of each pairwise interaction. Employing this strategy, we engineer the final strains with multi-target synergistic combination and achieve the titer improvement of the three NRPs. Our work provides a rational multi-target combination strategy for production improvement of NRPs.

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Metabolic EngineeringStreptomycesAnti-Bacterial AgentsCRISPR-Cas SystemsDaptomycinLipopeptidesPeptides, CyclicAnti-Bacterial AgentsDaptomycinLipopeptidesPeptides, Cyclic

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PMID39987186
PMCPMC11847002

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