Traditional approach for bioactive natural product discovery fractionation extraction Investigate bioactivity of extract Identify active fraction(s) and determine structure(s) of compound(s)
Genome sequence of the model antibiotic- producer Streptomyces coelicolor M145 Nature (2002) 417,
Cryptic biosynthetic pathways encoded within the S. coelicolor genome
DEBS – an archetypal cis-AT polyketide synthase Nature (1990) 348, 176; Science (1991) 252, 671
Posttranslational ACP modification CoASH
Acyl transferase
Prediction of AT domain substrate specificity Haydock et al. FEBS Lett. (1995) 374, Banskota et al. J. Antibiot. (2006) 59, Malonyl-CoA Methylmalonyl-CoA
Ketosynthase 1
Ketosynthase 2 -CO 2
Keto reductase NADPH
Prediction of KR domain stereospecificity Keatinge-Clay, Chem. Biol. (2007) 14,
Dehydratase -H 2 O
Enoyl reductase NADPH
Prediction of ER domain stereospecificity Kwan et al., Chem. Biol. (2008) 15,
Thioesterase 1
Thioesterase 2