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Emerging strategies and integrated systems microbiology technologies for biodiscovery of marine bioactive compounds

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Rocha-Martin, Javier, Harrington, Catriona, Dobson, Alan, O'Gara, Fergal·2014·Marine Drugs

Abstract

Marine microorganisms continue to be a source of structurally and biologically novel compounds with potential use in the biotechnology industry. The unique physiochemical properties of the marine environment (such as pH, pressure, temperature, osmolarity) and uncommon functional groups (such as isonitrile, dichloroimine, isocyanate, and halogenated functional groups) are frequently found in marine metabolites. These facts have resulted in the production of bioactive substances with different properties than those found in terrestrial habitats. In fact, the marine environment contains a relatively untapped reservoir of bioactivity. Recent advances in genomics, metagenomics, proteomics, combinatorial biosynthesis, synthetic biology, screening methods, expression systems, bioinformatics, and the ever increasing availability of sequenced genomes provides us with more opportunities than ever in the discovery of novel bioactive compounds and biocatalysts. The combination of these advanced techniques with traditional techniques, together with the use of dereplication strategies to eliminate known compounds, provides a powerful tool in the discovery of novel marine bioactive compounds. This review outlines and discusses the emerging strategies for the biodiscovery of these bioactive compounds.

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Authors
Rocha-Martin, J., Harrington, C., Dobson, A., & O'Gara, F.
Affiliations
  • BIOMERIT Research Centre, School of Microbiology, University College Cork, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland
  • National University of Ireland (IE)
Venue
Marine Drugs
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2014-06-10
Volume
12
Issue
6
Pages
3516-3559
ISSN
1660-3397 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2060522674
Cited by
84
References
236
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Marine Drugs (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • eSpace (Curtin University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Health Research Board (HRA/2009/146)
  • European Commission (312184, 311975, FP7-KBBE-2012-6, FP7-PEOPLE-2013, OCEAN2012, FP7‐PEOPLE‐ 2013‐ITN, FP7-KBBE, 256596, 607786, 287589)
  • Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (RS/2010/2413, PD/2011/2414)
  • Teagasc
  • Irish Research Council
  • Russian Science Foundation
  • FP7 Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Biotechnology (287589, 311975, 312184)
  • FP7 People: Marie-Curie Actions (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN, 607786, FP7-PEOPLE-2013)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biotechnology › Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Synthesis and Biological Activity
Keywords
marine microorganisms, marine bioactive compounds, biodiscovery, dereplication, marine metabolites, halogenated natural products, combinatorial biosynthesis, synthetic biology, metagenomics, biocatalysts, expression systems, bioactivity screening
MeSH terms
Animals, Biological Products, Biotechnology, Humans, Marine Biology, Biocatalysis, Drug Discovery

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