Publications
2024
Journal Article
Pyrrolizwilline, a unique bacterial alkaloid assembled by a nonribosomal peptide synthetase and non-enzymatic dimerization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, e202411258 (2024)
Journal Article
97 (4), pp. 2203 - 2215 (2024)
Effects of Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus bacterial metabolites on the ovipositional activity of Aedes albopictus. Journal of Pest Science
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Isofunctional but Structurally Different Methyltransferases for Dithiolopyrrolone Diversification. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, e202410799 (2024)
Journal Article
Bioengineering of syrbactin megasynthetases for immunoproteasome inhibitor production. Chem (2024)
Journal Article
135 (7), lxae149 (2024)
Enhanced production of trans-cinnamic acid in Photorhabdus luminescens with homolog expression and deletion strategies. Journal of Applied Microbiology
Journal Article
63 (33), e202406389 (2024)
Investigation of the Odilorhabdin biosynthetic gene cluster using NRPS engineering. Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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205, 108126 (2024)
A taste of a toxin paradise: Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus bacterial secondary metabolites against Aedes aegypti larvae and eggs. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
Journal Article
80 (9), pp. 4231 - 4242 (2024)
Natural products from Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus show promise as biolarvicides against Aedes albopictus. Pest Management Science
Journal Article
23, 98 (2024)
Genetic toolbox for Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus: pSEVA based heterologous expression systems and CRISPR/Cpf1 based genome editing for rapid natural product profiling. Microbial Cell Factories
Journal Article
383 (6689), eadg4320 (2024)
Evolution-inspired engineering of nonribosomal peptide synthetases. Science
Journal Article
11 (22), e2400184 (2024)
Polyketide trimming shapes dihydroxynaphthalene-melanin and anthraquinone pigments. Advanced Science
Journal Article
16 (2), 108 (2024)
Genome sequence analysis of native Xenorhabdus strains isolated from entomopathogenic nematodes in Argentina. Toxins
Preprint
Polyketide synthase-derived sphingolipids determine microbiota-mediated protection against pathogens in C. elegans. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2024.02.06.579051 (2024)
Preprint
Identification, structure and function of the methyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of the dithiolopyrrolone antibiotic xenorhabdin. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2024.01.12.575338 (2024)
2023
Preprint
Transertion and cell geometry organize the Escherichia coli nucleoid during rapid growth. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2023.10.16.562172 (2023)
Journal Article
12 (8), pp. 2432 - 2443 (2023)
Guidelines for optimizing type S nonribosomal peptide synthetases. ACS Synthetic Biology
Book Chapter
2670 (Eds. Burkart, M.; Ishikawa, F.). Humana, New York, NY, New York (2023)
A practical guideline to engineering nonribosomal peptide synthetases. In: Non-Ribosomal Peptide Biosynthesis and Engineering. Methods in Molecular Biology,, Vol.
Journal Article
31 (5), 573-583.e5. (2023)
A set of closely related methyltransferases for site-specific tailoring of anthraquinone pigments. Structure
Journal Article
5 (5), acmi000531.v4 (2023)
Draft genomes, phylogenomic reconstruction and comparative genome analysis of three Xenorhabdus strains isolated from soil dwelling nematodes in Kenya. Access Microbiology
Journal Article
13 (13), e4709 (2023)
easyPACId, a simple method for induced production, isolation, identification, and testing of natural products from Proteobacteria. Bio-protocol
Journal Article
12 (1), pp. 203 - 212 (2023)
Engineering of specific single-module nonribosomal peptide synthetases of the RXP type for the production of defined peptides. ACS Synthetic Biology
Journal Article
14, 1271764 (2023)
Manipulation of GameXPeptide synthetase gene expression by a promoter exchange alters the virulence of an entomopathogenic bacterium, Photorhabdus temperata temperata, by modulating insect immune responses. Frontiers in Microbiology
Journal Article
13, 20764 (2023)
Genome mining reveals novel biosynthetic gene clusters in entomopathogenic bacteria. Scientific Reports
Journal Article
14 (1), 7197 (2023)
Cell-free biosynthesis combined with deep learning accelerates de novo-development of antimicrobial peptides. Nature Communications 2022
Journal Article
128, 133116 (2022)
Biosynthesis of the multifunctional isopropylstilbene in Photorhabdus laumondii involves cross-talk between specialized and primary metabolism. Tetrahedron
Journal Article
61 (51), e202206106 (2022)
Genome mining enabled by biosynthetic characterization uncovers a class of benzoxazolinate-containing natural products in diverse bacteria. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English
Journal Article
17 (9), e0274956 (2022)
Genome analysis of secondary metabolitebiosynthetic gene clusters of Photorhabdus akhurstii subsp. akhurstii and its antibacterial activity against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. PLOS ONE
Journal Article
17 (8), pp. 2221 - 2228 (2022)
Cleavage off-loading and post-assembly-line conversions yield products with unusual termini during biosynthesis. ACS Chemical Biology
Journal Article
193, 107799 (2022)
Phurealipids, produced by the entomopathogenic bacteria, Photorhabdus, mimic juvenile hormone to suppress insect immunity and immature development. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
Journal Article
12 (1), 10779 (2022)
Antiprotozoal activity of different Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus bacterial secondary metabolites and identification of bioactive compounds using the easyPACId approach. Scientific Reports
Journal Article
28 (26), e202103963 (2022)
Type S non-ribosomal peptide synthetases for the rapid generation of tailormade peptide libraries. Chemistry – A European Journal
Journal Article
14, pp. 701 - 712 (2022)
Global analysis of biosynthetic gene clusters reveals conserved and unique natural products in entomopathogenic nematode-symbiotic bacteria. Nature Chemistry
Journal Article
195, 113069 (2022)
Occurrence and chemotaxonomical analysis of amatoxins in Lepiota spp. (Agaricales). Phytochemistry
Journal Article
70 (2), pp. 498 - 506 (2022)
Uncovering nematicidal natural products from Xenorhabdus bacteria. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Journal Article
2, 777474 (2022)
Biosynthesis of antibacterial iron-chelating tropolones in Aspergillus nidulans as response to glycopeptide-producing Streptomycetes. Frontiers in Fungal Biology
Magazine Article
Synthetische Zipper für die Biosynthese neuer Naturstoffderivate. (2022)
Journal Article
116 (2), pp. 114 - 124 (2022)
Cyclic depsipeptides and linear peptides with cytotoxic and antiphytopathogenic activities from symbiotic bacteria of Xenorhabdus (Enterobacteriales: Morganellaceae) genus. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 2021
Preprint
Influence of condensation domains on activity and specificity of adenylation domains. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2021.08.23.457306 (2021)
Journal Article
5 (10), pp. 726 - 749 (2021)
Towards the sustainable discovery and development of new antibiotics. Nature Reviews Chemistry
Journal Article
140, 111765 (2021)
Xenocoumacin 2 reduces protein biosynthesis and inhibits inflammatory and angiogenesis-related processes in endothelial cells. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
Journal Article
105 (13), pp. 5517 - 5528 (2021)
Antifungal activity of different Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus species against various fungal phytopathogens and identification of the antifungal compounds from X. szentirmaii. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Journal Article
12 (1), 4318 (2021)
Integrating genomics and metabolomics for scalable non-ribosomal peptide discovery (vol 12, 3225, 2021). Nature Communications
Journal Article
23 (8), pp. 4260 - 4275 (2021)
Climate-specific biosynthetic gene clusters in populations of a lichen-forming fungus. Environmental Microbiology
Journal Article
12 (1), 3225 (2021)
Integrating genomics and metabolomics for scalable non-ribosomal peptide discovery. Nature Communications
Journal Article
11 (1), 11253 (2021)
Relative potency of a novel acaricidal compound from Xenorhabdus, a bacterial genus mutualistically associated with entomopathogenic nematodes. Scientific Reports
Journal Article
60 (32), pp. 17531 - 17538 (2021)
Synthetic zippers as an enabling tool for engineering of non-ribosomal peptide synthetases**. Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Journal Article
22 (9), pp. 1582 - 1588 (2021)
Activation, structure, biosynthesis and bioactivity of glidobactin-like proteasome inhibitors from Photorhabdus laumondii. ChemBioChem
Journal Article
60 (25), pp. 13685 - 14194 (2021)
Cooperation between a T domain and a minimal C-terminal docking domain to enable specific assembly in a multiprotein NRPS. Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Journal Article
60 (16), pp. 8781 - 8785 (2021)
A desaturase-like enzyme catalyzes oxazole formation in Pseudomonas indolyloxazole alkaloids. Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Journal Article
15 (1), pp. 229 - 234 (2021)
NMR resonance assignments for a docking domain pair with an attached thiolation domain from the PAX peptide-producing NRPS from Xenorhabdus cabanillasii. Biomolecular NMR Assignments
Journal Article
17 (4), pp. 363 - 368 (2021)
A community resource for paired genomic and metabolomic data mining. Nature Chemical Biology
Journal Article
16 (3), pp. 447 - 451 (2021)
Microbial cationic peptides as a natural defense mechanism against insect antimicrobial peptides. ACS Chemical Biology
Journal Article
128 (1), pp. 215 - 223 (2021)
Soil application of entomopathogenic nematodes suppresses the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanicain cucumber. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection
Journal Article
48 (3-4), kuab006 (2021)
Structure and biosynthesis of deoxy-polyamine in Xenorhabdus bovienii. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology
Journal Article
71 (1), 004610 (2021)
Photorhabdus heterorhabditis subsp. aluminescens subsp. nov., Photorhabdus heterorhabditis subsp. heterorhabditis subsp. nov., Photorhabdus australis subsp. thailandensis subsp. nov., Photorhabdus australis subsp. australis subsp. nov., and Photorhabdus aegyptia sp. nov. isolated from Heterorhabditis entomopathogenic nematodes. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Journal Article
87 (3), e01510-20 (2021)
An unconventional melanin biosynthesis pathway in Ustilago maydis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Journal Article
81 (1), pp. 223 - 239 (2021)
Competition and co-existence of two Photorhabdus symbionts with a nematode host. Microbial Ecology
Journal Article
6 (1), p. 136 - 136 (2021)
Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria (vol 5, pg 987, 2020). Nature Microbiology 2020
Preprint
The chemical structure of widespread microbial aryl polyene lipids. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2020.12.19.423268 (2020)
Journal Article
5 (12), pp. 1481 - 1489 (2020)
Symbiosis, virulence and natural-product biosynthesis in entomopathogenic bacteria are regulated by a small RNA. Nat Microbiol
Journal Article
12 (8) (2020)
Structural snapshots of the minimal PKS system responsible for octaketide biosynthesis. NATURE CHEMISTRY
Journal Article
59 (32), pp. 13463 - 13467 (2020)
Artificial Splitting of a Non-Ribosomal Peptide Synthetase by Inserting Natural Docking Domains. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Journal Article
38 (5), p. 649 - 649 (2020)
Engineering bacterial symbionts of nematodes improves their biocontrol potential to counter the western corn rootworm (Feb, 10.1038/s41587-020-0419-1, 2020). NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY
Journal Article
38 (5) (2020)
Engineering bacterial symbionts of nematodes improves biocontrol potential of the western corn rootworm. NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY
Journal Article
5 (8), pp. 987 - 994 (2020)
Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria. NATURE MICROBIOLOGY
Journal Article
9 (9), pp. 2418 - 2426 (2020)
Cell-Free Synthesis of Natural Compounds from Genomic DNA of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters. ACS SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
Journal Article
21 (19), pp. 2750 - 2754 (2020)
Nonribosomal Peptides Produced by Minimal and Engineered Synthetases with Terminal Reductase Domains. CHEMBIOCHEM
Journal Article
21 (6), pp. 759 - 768 (2020)
New Vocabulary for Bacterial Communication. CHEMBIOCHEM
Journal Article
15 (4), pp. 982 - 989 (2020)
A New Docking Domain Type in the Peptide-Antimicrobial-Xenorhabdus Peptide Producing Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase from Xenorhabdus bovienii. ACS CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
Journal Article
16, pp. 956 - 965 (2020)
Fabclavine diversity in Xenorhabdus bacteria. BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Journal Article
21 (9), pp. 1288 - 1292 (2020)
Phototemtide A, a Cyclic Lipopeptide Heterologously Expressed from Photorhabdus temperata Meg1, Shows Selective Antiprotozoal Activity. CHEMBIOCHEM 2019
Journal Article
6, p. Doc01 (2019)
Anti-tubercular activity of a natural stilbene and its synthetic derivatives. GMS Infect Dis
Journal Article
20, 605 (2019)
The lichen symbiosis re-viewed through the genomes of Cladonia grayi and its algal partner Asterochloris glomerata. BMC GENOMICS
Journal Article
116 (51), pp. 25614 - 25623 (2019)
Efficient nonenzymatic cyclization and domain shuffling drive pyrrolopyrazine diversity from truncated variants of a fungal NRPS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Journal Article
58 (52), pp. 18957 - 18963 (2019)
Promoter Activation in Delta hfq Mutants as an Efficient Tool for Specialized Metabolite Production Enabling Direct Bioactivity Testing. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Journal Article
11 (7), pp. 653 - 661 (2019)
Modification and de novo design of non-ribosomal peptide synthetases using specific assembly points within condensation domains. NATURE CHEMISTRY
Journal Article
21 (7), pp. 2116 - 2120 (2019)
Reprogramming Promiscuous Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases for Production of Specific Peptides. ORGANIC LETTERS
Journal Article
24 (1), 203 (2019)
Biosynthetic Gene Content of the "Perfume Lichens' Evernia prunastri and Pseudevernia furfuracea. MOLECULES
Journal Article
8 (6), pp. 1303 - 1313 (2019)
Expanding the Isoprenoid Building Block Repertoire with an IPP Methyltransferase from Streptomyces monomycini. ACS SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
Journal Article
141 (42), pp. 16615 - 16623 (2019)
An Uncommon Type II PKS Catalyzes Biosynthesis of Aryl Polyene Pigments. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Journal Article
9, 20358 (2019)
Phenylethylamides derived from bacterial secondary metabolites specifically inhibit an insect serotonin receptor. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Journal Article
29 (6), pp. 1030 - + (2019)
Natural C-elegans Microbiota Protects against Infection via Production of a Cyclic Lipopeptide of the Viscosin Group. CURRENT BIOLOGY
Journal Article
10, 2672 (2019)
Nematode-Associated Bacteria: Production of Antimicrobial Agent as a Presumptive Nominee for Curing Endodontic Infections Caused by Enterococcus faecalis. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Journal Article
13 (11), pp. 2656 - 2663 (2019)
Microbe-driven chemical ecology: past, present and future. ISME JOURNAL
Journal Article
15 (4), pp. 331 - + (2019)
Dual phenazine gene clusters enable diversification during biosynthesis. NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
Journal Article
84 (17), pp. 11203 - 11209 (2019)
(+/-)-Alternarlactones A and B, Two Antiparasitic Alternariol-like Dimers from the Fungus Alternaria alternata P1210 Isolated from the Halophyte Salicornia sp. JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Journal Article
10, 4877 (2019)
Dietary tryptophan links encephalogenicity of autoreactive T cells with gut microbial ecology. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Journal Article
431 (23), pp. 4589 - 4598 (2019)
Heterogeneity in Bacterial Specialized Metabolism. SI
Journal Article
21 (8), pp. 2921 - 2932 (2019)
Cyclo(tetrahydroxybutyrate) production is sufficient to distinguish between Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus isolates in Thailand. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Journal Article
4 (12), pp. 2498 - 2510 (2019)
CRAGE enables rapid activation of biosynthetic gene clusters in undomesticated bacteria. NATURE MICROBIOLOGY
Journal Article
46 (3-4), pp. 565 - 572 (2019)
Fabclavine biosynthesis in X. szentirmaii: shortened derivatives and characterization of the thioester reductase FclG and the condensation domain-like protein FclL. SI
Journal Article
15, pp. 535 - 541 (2019)
Synthesis and SAR of the antistaphylococcal natural product nematophin from Xenorhabdus nematophila. BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Journal Article
82 (12), pp. 3499 - 3503 (2019)
Structure, Biosynthesis, and Bioactivity of Photoditritide from Photorhabdus temperata Meg1. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS
Journal Article
17 (34), pp. 7858 - 7862 (2019)
Production of a photohexapeptide library from entomopathogenic Photorhabdus asymbiotica PB68.1. ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
Journal Article
10 (25), pp. 6341 - 6349 (2019)
Molecular mechanism of polyketide shortening in anthraquinone biosynthesis of Photorhabdus luminescens. CHEMICAL SCIENCE 2018
Journal Article
10 (3), pp. 275 - 281 (2018)
De novo design and engineering of non-ribosomal peptide synthetases. NATURE CHEMISTRY
Report
Innovative Anti-Infectives – Synthetic Biology for the Production of Complex Peptides. (2018)
Report
Wirkstoff-Forschung: Herstellung maßgeschneiderter komplexer Peptide. (2018)
Journal Article
9, 4366 (2018)
Structure-based redesign of docking domain interactions modulates the product spectrum of a rhabdopeptide-synthesizing NRPS. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS