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Biosynthetic Pathways

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    Kayrouz C, Huang J, Hauser N, Seyedsayamdost M. Biosynthesis of selenium-containing small molecules in diverse microorganisms. Nature. 2022;610(7930):199–204. PMCID: 2881734
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    Zhang Y, Cortez J, Hammer S, Carrasco-López C, Echauri S, Wiggins J, Wang W, Avalos J. Biosensor for branched-chain amino acid metabolism in yeast and applications in isobutanol and isopentanol production. Nat Commun. 2022;13(1):270. PMCID: PMC8755756
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    Howe R, Kelly M, Jimah J, Hodge D, Odom A. Isoprenoid biosynthesis inhibition disrupts Rab5 localization and food vacuolar integrity in Plasmodium falciparum. Eukaryot Cell. 2013;12(2):215–23. PMCID: PMC3571303
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    Lalwani M, Kawabe H, Mays R, Hoffman S, Avalos J. Optogenetic Control of Microbial Consortia Populations for Chemical Production. ACS Synth Biol. 2021;10(8):2015–2029. PMID: 34351122
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    López J, Duran L, Avalos J. Physiological limitations and opportunities in microbial metabolic engineering. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2022;20(1):35–48. PMCID: 5812522
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    Schild T, McReynolds M, Shea C, Low V, Schaffer B, Asara J, Piskounova E, Dephoure N, Rabinowitz J, Gomes A, Blenis J. NADK is activated by oncogenic signaling to sustain pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Cell Rep. 2021;35(11):109238. PMID: 34133937
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    Li A, Okada B, Rosen P, Seyedsayamdost M. Piperacillin triggers virulence factor biosynthesis via the oxidative stress response in . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021;118(26). PMCID: PMC8256049
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    Covington B, Xu F, Seyedsayamdost M. A Natural Product Chemist’s Guide to Unlocking Silent Biosynthetic Gene Clusters. Annu Rev Biochem. 2021;90:763–788. PMCID: PMC9148385
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    Klaus J, Coulon P, Koirala P, Seyedsayamdost M, Déziel E, Chandler J. Secondary metabolites from the Burkholderia pseudomallei complex: structure, ecology, and evolution. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol. 2020;47(9-10):877–887. PMCID: PMC7746414
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    Li A, Mao D, Yoshimura A, Rosen P, Martin L, Gallant Étienne, Wühr M, Seyedsayamdost M. Multi-Omic Analyses Provide Links between Low-Dose Antibiotic Treatment and Induction of Secondary Metabolism in Burkholderia thailandensis. mBio. 2020;11(1). PMCID: PMC7042699
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    Dekhne A, Shah K, Ducker G, Katinas J, Wong-Roushar J, Nayeen M, Doshi A, Ning C, Bao X, Frühauf J, Liu J, Wallace-Povirk A, O’Connor C, Dzinic S, White K, Kushner J, Kim S, Hüttemann M, Polin L, Rabinowitz J, Li J, Hou Z, Dann C, Gangjee A, Matherly L. Novel Pyrrolo[3,2-]pyrimidine Compounds Target Mitochondrial and Cytosolic One-carbon Metabolism with Broad-spectrum Antitumor Efficacy. Mol Cancer Ther. 2019;18(10):1787–1799. PMCID: PMC6774887
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    Clark K, Bushin L, Seyedsayamdost M. Aliphatic Ether Bond Formation Expands the Scope of Radical SAM Enzymes in Natural Product Biosynthesis. J Am Chem Soc. 2019;141(27):10610–10615. PMID: 31246011
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    Brown A, Chua N, Yan N. The shape of human squalene epoxidase expands the arsenal against cancer. Nat Commun. 2019;10(1):888. PMCID: PMC6384927
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    Xu F, Wu Y, Zhang C, Davis K, Moon K, Bushin L, Seyedsayamdost M. A genetics-free method for high-throughput discovery of cryptic microbial metabolites. Nat Chem Biol. 2019;15(2):161–168. PMCID: PMC6339573
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    Seyedsayamdost M. Toward a global picture of bacterial secondary metabolism. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol. 2019;46(3-4):301–311. PMCID: PMC6779422
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    Mao D, Okada B, Wu Y, Xu F, Seyedsayamdost M. Recent advances in activating silent biosynthetic gene clusters in bacteria. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2018;45:156–163. PMCID: PMC6281788
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    Wu Y, Seyedsayamdost M. The Polyene Natural Product Thailandamide A Inhibits Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria. Biochemistry. 2018;57(29):4247–4251. PMID: 29975047
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    Okada B, Seyedsayamdost M. Antibiotic dialogues: induction of silent biosynthetic gene clusters by exogenous small molecules. FEMS Microbiol Rev. 2017;41(1):19–33. PMCID: PMC5233716
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    Wang R, Gallant Étienne, Seyedsayamdost M. Investigation of the Genetics and Biochemistry of Roseobacticide Production in the Roseobacter Clade Bacterium Phaeobacter inhibens. mBio. 2016;7(2):e02118. PMCID: PMC4807370
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    Baars O, Zhang X, Morel F, Seyedsayamdost M. The Siderophore Metabolome of Azotobacter vinelandii. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2016;82(1):27–39. PMCID: PMC4702634
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    Seyedsayamdost M. High-throughput platform for the discovery of elicitors of silent bacterial gene clusters. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014;111(20):7266–71. PMCID: PMC4034229
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    Forneris C, Ozturk S, Gibson M, Sorensen E, Seyedsayamdost M. In Vitro Reconstitution of OxyA Enzymatic Activity Clarifies Late Steps in Vancomycin Biosynthesis. ACS Chem Biol. 2017;12(9):2248–2253. PMCID: PMC5617736
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    Seyedsayamdost M, Case R, Kolter R, Clardy J. The Jekyll-and-Hyde chemistry of Phaeobacter gallaeciensis. Nat Chem. 2011;3(4):331–5. PMCID: PMC3376411
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    Donia M, Cimermancic P, Schulze C, Brown L, Martin J, Mitreva M, Clardy J, Linington R, Fischbach M. A systematic analysis of biosynthetic gene clusters in the human microbiome reveals a common family of antibiotics. Cell. 2014;158(6):1402–1414. PMCID: PMC4164201
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