Fungal Secondary Metabolism
Fungal secondary metabolites (SMs) comprise a vast collection of compounds expendable for these organisms under laboratory conditions. They exhibit enormous chemical diversity, and usually belong to four major families: terpenoids, polyketides, non-ribosomal peptides, or a combination of the last tw...
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| description | Fungal secondary metabolites (SMs) comprise a vast collection of compounds expendable for these organisms under laboratory conditions. They exhibit enormous chemical diversity, and usually belong to four major families: terpenoids, polyketides, non-ribosomal peptides, or a combination of the last two. Their functions are very diverse and are normally associated with a greater fitness of the producing fungi in their environment, which often compete with other microorganisms or interact with host plants. Many SMs have beneficial applications, e.g., as antibiotics or medical drugs, but others, known as mycotoxins, are harmful to health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0bba19a531cc41d1beeb25568afe7dd22022-12-22T01:45:52ZengMDPI AGEncyclopedia2673-83922021-12-012111310.3390/encyclopedia2010001Fungal Secondary MetabolismJavier Avalos0M. Carmen Limón1Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Seville, SpainDepartamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Seville, SpainFungal secondary metabolites (SMs) comprise a vast collection of compounds expendable for these organisms under laboratory conditions. They exhibit enormous chemical diversity, and usually belong to four major families: terpenoids, polyketides, non-ribosomal peptides, or a combination of the last two. Their functions are very diverse and are normally associated with a greater fitness of the producing fungi in their environment, which often compete with other microorganisms or interact with host plants. Many SMs have beneficial applications, e.g., as antibiotics or medical drugs, but others, known as mycotoxins, are harmful to health.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-8392/2/1/1polyketidesPKSterpenoidsnon-ribosomal peptidesNRPPKS–NRPS hybrid genes |
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| title | Fungal Secondary Metabolism |
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| title_short | Fungal Secondary Metabolism |
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| topic | polyketides PKS terpenoids non-ribosomal peptides NRP PKS–NRPS hybrid genes |
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