TY - JOUR
T1 - Bryostatins
T2 - Biological context and biotechnological prospects
AU - Trindade-Silva, Amaro E.
AU - Lim-Fong, Grace E.
AU - Sharp, Koty H.
AU - Haygood, Margo G.
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - Bryostatins are a family of protein kinase C modulators that have potential applications in biomedicine. Found in miniscule quantities in a small marine invertebrate, lack of supply has hampered their development. In recent years, bryostatins have been shown to have potent bioactivity in the central nervous system, an uncultivated marine bacterial symbiont has been shown to be the likely natural source of the bryostatins, the bryostatin biosynthetic genes have been identified and characterized, and bryostatin analogues with promising biological activity have been developed and tested. Challenges in the development of bryostatins for biomedical and biotechnological application include the cultivation of the bacterial symbiont and heterologous expression of bryostatin biosynthesis genes. Continued exploration of the biology as well as the symbiotic origin of the bryostatins presents promising opportunities for discovery of additional bryostatins, and new functions for bryostatins.
AB - Bryostatins are a family of protein kinase C modulators that have potential applications in biomedicine. Found in miniscule quantities in a small marine invertebrate, lack of supply has hampered their development. In recent years, bryostatins have been shown to have potent bioactivity in the central nervous system, an uncultivated marine bacterial symbiont has been shown to be the likely natural source of the bryostatins, the bryostatin biosynthetic genes have been identified and characterized, and bryostatin analogues with promising biological activity have been developed and tested. Challenges in the development of bryostatins for biomedical and biotechnological application include the cultivation of the bacterial symbiont and heterologous expression of bryostatin biosynthesis genes. Continued exploration of the biology as well as the symbiotic origin of the bryostatins presents promising opportunities for discovery of additional bryostatins, and new functions for bryostatins.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.copbio.2010.09.018
DO - 10.1016/j.copbio.2010.09.018
M3 - Review article
C2 - 20971628
AN - SCOPUS:78349307964
SN - 0958-1669
VL - 21
SP - 834
EP - 842
JO - Current Opinion in Biotechnology
JF - Current Opinion in Biotechnology
IS - 6
ER -