2014
Comparative Metabolomics and Structural Characterizations Illuminate Colibactin Pathway-Dependent Small Molecules
Vizcaino MI, Engel P, Trautman E, Crawford JM. Comparative Metabolomics and Structural Characterizations Illuminate Colibactin Pathway-Dependent Small Molecules. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2014, 136: 9244-9247. PMID: 24932672, PMCID: PMC4091280, DOI: 10.1021/ja503450q.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReceptor antagonist activityE. coli Nissle 1917Coli Nissle 1917Ulcerative colitisInflammatory conditionsProbiotic E. coli Nissle 1917Human bowelPathogenic Escherichia coliAntagonist activityNissle 1917Growth inhibitoryCarcinogenic activityProbiotic activitySmall moleculesPathwayStructural network analysisColitisBowelComparative metabolomicsPersistence phenotypeMetabolomics
2008
Deconstruction of Iterative Multidomain Polyketide Synthase Function
Crawford J, Thomas P, Scheerer J, Vagstad A, Kelleher N, Townsend C. Deconstruction of Iterative Multidomain Polyketide Synthase Function. Science 2008, 320: 243-246. PMID: 18403714, PMCID: PMC2480491, DOI: 10.1126/science.1154711.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIterative polyketide synthasesIndividual catalytic domainsProduct template (PT) domainsPolyketide synthasesStarter unitCatalytic domainAromatic polyketidesBiosynthetic enzymesTemplate domainSynthase functionCarcinogen aflatoxin B1PksAMechanistic featuresEnzymePt domainsKetosynthaseDomainPolyketidesBiosynthesisSynthasesCascadeReconstitutionAccumulationFamily