Emerging concepts promising new horizons for marine biodiscovery and synthetic biology.

Abstract:

:The vast oceans of the world, which comprise a huge variety of unique ecosystems, are emerging as a rich and relatively untapped source of novel bioactive compounds with invaluable biotechnological and pharmaceutical potential. Evidence accumulated over the last decade has revealed that the diversity of marine microorganisms is enormous with many thousands of bacterial species detected that were previously unknown. Associated with this diversity is the production of diverse repertoires of bioactive compounds ranging from peptides and enzymes to more complex secondary metabolites that have significant bioactivity and thus the potential to be exploited for innovative biotechnology. Here we review the discovery and functional potential of marine bioactive peptides such as lantibiotics, nanoantibiotics and peptidomimetics, which have received particular attention in recent years in light of their broad spectrum of bioactivity. The significance of marine peptides in cell-to-cell communication and how this may be exploited in the discovery of novel bioactivity is also explored. Finally, with the recent advances in bioinformatics and synthetic biology, it is becoming clear that the integration of these disciplines with genetic and biochemical characterization of the novel marine peptides, offers the most potential in the development of the next generation of societal solutions.

journal_name

Mar Drugs

journal_title

Marine drugs

authors

Reen FJ,Gutiérrez-Barranquero JA,Dobson AD,Adams C,O'Gara F

doi

10.3390/md13052924

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-05-13 00:00:00

pages

2924-54

issue

5

issn

1660-3397

pii

md13052924

journal_volume

13

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