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  • Natural Product Synthesis

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  • Modular polyketide synthases (PKSs) are crucial for bacterial bioactive natural product synthesis.
  • Typically, each PKS module functions non-iteratively, enabling predictable product structures.
  • However, non-canonical PKSs, including iterative type I PKSs, challenge these established rules.

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  • To review recent examples of bacterial iterative type I PKSs.
  • To highlight the structural diversity of natural products synthesized by these non-canonical PKSs.
  • To identify challenges and future directions in understanding and engineering iterative PKSs.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of recent studies on bacterial iterative type I PKSs.
  • Analysis of examples showcasing structural diversity in synthesized polyketides.
  • Discussion of current knowledge gaps regarding iterative mechanisms.

Main Results:

  • Identified numerous examples of bacterial modular PKSs that function iteratively.
  • Demonstrated that these iterative PKSs produce a wide array of structurally diverse natural products.
  • Highlighted the unclear molecular mechanisms underlying PKS iteration.

Conclusions:

  • Bacterial iterative type I PKSs represent a significant departure from canonical PKS function.
  • The structural diversity of products from iterative PKSs offers potential for new drug discovery.
  • Further research into PKS iteration mechanisms is essential for rational engineering of novel bioactive polyketides.