Journal
RECORDS OF NATURAL PRODUCTS
Volume 16, Issue 4, Pages 274-292Publisher
ACG PUBLICATIONS
DOI: 10.25135/rnp.286.2107-2132
Keywords
Actinobacteria; bioinformatics; genomic mining
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- National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACyT)
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Actinobacteria, particularly Streptomyces, Saccharopolyspora, and Micromonospora, are widely used bacteria in producing industrial compounds due to their biosynthetic capability. Molecular techniques and bioinformatics programs have been developed to aid in the discovery of new natural products in actinobacteria. Rare actinobacteria such as Nocardia and Rhodococcus have been found to produce new industrial compounds through these techniques.
The actinobacteria, also referred to as actinomycetes, have been the most widely used bacteria to produce industrial interest compounds due to their great biosynthetic capacity to generate structural diversity molecules. The actinobacteria with the most significant biosynthetic potential are the genus Streptomyces, Saccharopolyspora, and Micromonospora containing groups of biosynthetic genes such as polyketide synthase systems, non-ribosomal peptide synthase systems, terpenoid systems, ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptide systems, among others. This review focuses on genomic mining techniques and current helpful software to search for new natural products in actinobacteria. Currently, molecular techniques have been developed to improve the isolation of natural products, and bioinformatics programs, many are free to access, have been designed to analyze genes and microbial genomes that predict new molecule production. Thanks to these techniques, new natural products of industrial interest have been found in rare actinobacteria such as Nocardia and Rhodococcus.
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