title: Natural Products from Photorhabdus and Other Entomopathogenic Bacteria.
abstract: Although the first natural products (NP) from Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus bacteria have been known now for almost 30 years, a huge variety of new compounds have been identified in the last 5-10 years, mainly due to the application of modern mass spectrometry. Additionally, application of molecular methods that allow the activation of NP production in several different strains as well as efficient heterologous expression methods have led to the production and validation of many new compounds. In this chapter we discuss the benefit of using Photorhabdus as a model system for microbial chemical ecology. We also examine non-ribosomal peptide synthetases as the most important pathway for NP production. Finally, we discuss the origin and function of all currently known NPs and the development of the molecular and chemical tools used to identify these NPs faster.
authors.affiliation: Merck Endowed Chair for Molecular Biotechnology, Department of Biosciences and Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (BMLS), Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: Kenan A J
authors.initials: KAJ
authors.lastname: Bozhüyük
authors.affiliation: Merck Endowed Chair for Molecular Biotechnology, Department of Biosciences and Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (BMLS), Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: Qiuqin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Merck Endowed Chair for Molecular Biotechnology, Department of Biosciences and Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (BMLS), Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Engel
authors.affiliation: Merck Endowed Chair for Molecular Biotechnology, Department of Biosciences and Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (BMLS), Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: Antje
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heinrich
authors.affiliation: Merck Endowed Chair for Molecular Biotechnology, Department of Biosciences and Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (BMLS), Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.affiliation: Merck Endowed Chair for Molecular Biotechnology, Department of Biosciences and Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (BMLS), Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. h.bode@bio.uni-frankfurt.de.
authors.forename: Helge B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Bode
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products; D020637:Photorhabdus / Q000737:chemistry; D020593:Xenorhabdus / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products