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Biosynthetic Pathways of Dimeric Natural Products Containing Bisanthraquinone and Related Xanthones.

Zhenbo YuanHuibin XuYan ZhangYi-Jian Rao
Published in: Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology (2022)
Many dimeric natural products containing bisanthraquinone and related xanthones with diverse structures and versatile bioactivities have been isolated over the years. However, the complicated biosynthetic pathways of such natural products, which have remained elusive until recently, negatively impact their mass bioproduction and biosynthetic structural modification for drug discovery. In this concept, we summarize the recent progress in gene cluster mining and biosynthetic pathway elucidation of natural products containing bisanthraquinone and related xanthones. These pioneering works may pave the way for further biosynthetic pathway elucidation and structure modification of dimeric natural products through gene and protein engineering.
Keyphrases
  • drug discovery
  • genome wide
  • copy number
  • high resolution
  • gene expression
  • small molecule
  • drug induced