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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Establishing Conserved Biosynthetic Gene Clusters of the Phylum Myxococcota.

Shailaja Khanal Pokharel, Nawal Shehata, Andrew Ahearne, Thomas Knehans, Constance B Bailey, Paul D Boudreau, D Cole Stevens

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Shailaja Khanal PokharelDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA.
Nawal ShehataDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA.
Andrew AhearneDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA.
Thomas KnehansDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA.
Constance B BaileySchool of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2001, Australia.
Paul D BoudreauDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA.
D Cole StevensDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA.

Funding

Tracking Glycosylation State with Fluorinated Glycosides ProbesP20GM130460 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI · PI Joshua S Sharp · 2020 to 2026
$17.9M
Expansion and application of synthetic biology tools for natural products discovery from myxobacteriaR01GM149795 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI · PI David Cole Stevens · 2024 to 2026
$868k
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM130460NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM149795
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Abstract

A surge in sequenced myxobacteria catalyzed by advancements in long read genome and metagenome sequencing has provided sufficient data to scrutinize the conserved biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) within the phylum Myxococcota. Provided the utility of myxobacteria in environmental nutrient cycles and discovery of novel therapeutic leads, we sought to determine any conserved specialized metabolism in the phylum. Using a pan-genome approach to analyze eleven genera and 195 sequenced genomes including ten newly reported myxobacterial isolate, we observed five conserved BGCs. All five clusters encode for characterized metabolites with established ecological roles for four of the metabolites, and none of the metabolites are known toxins. Validation of our approach was done by analyzing Myxococcota genera without sufficient, sequenced representatives for pan-genome analysis to observe the presence/absence of these five clusters. This approach enabled observation of genus-level conservation of BGCs with varying degrees of confidence due to diversity of sequenced species within each genus. The indigoidine BGC typically found in

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biosynthetic gene clustersgenome miningmyxobacteriaspecialized metabolism

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