Activating cryptic biosynthetic gene clusters via ACTIMOT

The mainstream strategy of genome mining relies on the homologous activation and heterologous expression of target biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs). However, the efficiency of the current techniques available for new compound discovery hardly complements these efforts. In a recent publication in Sc...

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Main Author: Xiaoying Bian
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-03-01
Series:Engineering Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667370325000025
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description The mainstream strategy of genome mining relies on the homologous activation and heterologous expression of target biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs). However, the efficiency of the current techniques available for new compound discovery hardly complements these efforts. In a recent publication in Science, Xie et al. reported their breakthrough progress in expediting the discovery of untapped chemical diversity from bacteria by establishing the leveraged know-how of ACTIMOT (Advanced Cas9-mediaTed In vivo MObilization and mulTiplication of BGCs), offering a new avenue to access the unexploited, and even unpredictable, biosynthetic potential of bacteria.
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spelling doaj-art-a4664856c69a49ca9857ef3c2019bb3a2025-08-20T03:41:10ZengElsevierEngineering Microbiology2667-37032025-03-015110019010.1016/j.engmic.2025.100190Activating cryptic biosynthetic gene clusters via ACTIMOTXiaoying Bian0State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, ChinaThe mainstream strategy of genome mining relies on the homologous activation and heterologous expression of target biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs). However, the efficiency of the current techniques available for new compound discovery hardly complements these efforts. In a recent publication in Science, Xie et al. reported their breakthrough progress in expediting the discovery of untapped chemical diversity from bacteria by establishing the leveraged know-how of ACTIMOT (Advanced Cas9-mediaTed In vivo MObilization and mulTiplication of BGCs), offering a new avenue to access the unexploited, and even unpredictable, biosynthetic potential of bacteria.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667370325000025Genome miningStreptomycesNatural productsACTIMOTCRISPR-Cas9
spellingShingle Xiaoying Bian
Activating cryptic biosynthetic gene clusters via ACTIMOT
Engineering Microbiology
Genome mining
Streptomyces
Natural products
ACTIMOT
CRISPR-Cas9
title Activating cryptic biosynthetic gene clusters via ACTIMOT
title_full Activating cryptic biosynthetic gene clusters via ACTIMOT
title_fullStr Activating cryptic biosynthetic gene clusters via ACTIMOT
title_full_unstemmed Activating cryptic biosynthetic gene clusters via ACTIMOT
title_short Activating cryptic biosynthetic gene clusters via ACTIMOT
title_sort activating cryptic biosynthetic gene clusters via actimot
topic Genome mining
Streptomyces
Natural products
ACTIMOT
CRISPR-Cas9
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667370325000025
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