2022
Cellular Stress-Induced Metabolites in Escherichia coli
Gatsios A, Kim C, York A, Flavell R, Crawford J. Cellular Stress-Induced Metabolites in Escherichia coli. Journal Of Natural Products 2022, 85: 2626-2640. PMID: 36346625, PMCID: PMC9949963, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.2c00706.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Sulfamethoxazole drug stress upregulates antioxidant immunomodulatory metabolites in Escherichia coli
Park HB, Wei Z, Oh J, Xu H, Kim CS, Wang R, Wyche TP, Piizzi G, Flavell RA, Crawford JM. Sulfamethoxazole drug stress upregulates antioxidant immunomodulatory metabolites in Escherichia coli. Nature Microbiology 2020, 5: 1319-1329. PMID: 32719505, PMCID: PMC7581551, DOI: 10.1038/s41564-020-0763-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnti-inflammatory interleukin-10Colitis mouse modelInflammatory bowel diseaseColitis symptomsBowel diseaseInterleukin-10Immunological markersPathogenic roleImmunomodulatory metabolitesImmunomodulatory phenotypeGastrointestinal tractMouse modelImmunological activityPrimary human tissuesDrug stressSubinhibitory levelsHuman tissuesEnvironmental isolatesCertain strainsMetabolic pathwaysMetabolitesPatientsEscherichia coliSymptomsIBD
2018
Functional Characterization of a Condensation Domain That Links Nonribosomal Peptide and Pteridine Biosynthetic Machineries in Photorhabdus luminescens
Perez CE, Park HB, Crawford JM. Functional Characterization of a Condensation Domain That Links Nonribosomal Peptide and Pteridine Biosynthetic Machineries in Photorhabdus luminescens. Biochemistry 2018, 57: 354-361. PMID: 29111689, DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00863.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonribosomal peptide synthetasesCondensation domainMetabolic pathwaysSecondary metabolite biosynthesisSpecialized metabolic pathwaysBiosynthetic gene clusterNRPS condensation domainDistinct enzymatic systemsImportant small moleculesSecondary metabolite analysisCitric acid cycleMetabolite biosynthesisFunctional diversityGene clusterBiosynthetic machineryCellular redoxPeptide synthetasesNonribosomal peptidesBiosynthetic systemsQuorum sensingFunctional characterizationSolution studiesGenetic lociNatural productsBiochemical level
2016
Linking Biosynthetic Gene Clusters to their Metabolites via Pathway-Targeted Molecular Networking
Trautman EP, Crawford JM. Linking Biosynthetic Gene Clusters to their Metabolites via Pathway-Targeted Molecular Networking. Current Topics In Medicinal Chemistry 2016, 16: 1705-1716. PMID: 26456470, PMCID: PMC5055756, DOI: 10.2174/1568026616666151012111046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBiosynthetic gene clusterGene clusterMicrobial biosynthetic gene clustersMetabolic pathwaysGenome sequence informationSecondary metabolic pathwaysMolecular networkingHuman-microbe interactionsNew metabolic pathwaysComplex metabolomeSmall moleculesBiosynthetic logicActive small moleculesFunctional characterizationBioinformatics predictionSequence informationSmall molecule metabolitesHuman microbiomeExperimental structural characterizationGut bacteriaPathwayNatural productsMetabolitesPharmacological potentialAvailable databases