Title Systems biology and biotechnology of Streptomyces species for the production of secondary metabolites.
Year of Publication 2013
Authors K.S. Hwang; H.U. Kim; P. Charusanti; B.Ø. Palsson; S.Y. Lee
Journal PLoS Comput Biol
Abstract Streptomyces species continue to attract attention as a source of novel medicinal compounds. Despite a long history of studies on these microorganisms, they still have many biochemical mysteries to be elucidated. Investigations of novel secondary metabolites and their biosynthetic gene clusters have been more systematized with high-throughput techniques through inspections of correlations among components of the primary and secondary metabolism at the genome scale. Moreover, up-to-date information on the genome of Streptomyces species with emphasis on their secondary metabolism has been collected in the form of databases and knowledgebases, providing predictive information and enabling one to explore experimentally unrecognized biological spaces of secondary metabolism. Herein, we review recent trends in the systems biology and biotechnology of Streptomyces species.
URL http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24189093?dopt=Abstract
PubMed ID 24189093