The Seipke Lab
The Seipke Lab
The Seipke Lab
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2023
40. Parra J, Beaton A, Seipke RF, Wilkinson B, Hutchings MI, Duncan KR. 2023. Actinomycete antimicrobials, beyond the genus Streptomyces. Curr Opin Microbiol, accepted
2022
39. Fazal A, Wheeler J, Webb ME, Seipke RF#. 2022. The N-terminal substrate specificity of the SurE peptide cyclase. Org Biomol Chem, 20:7232-7235. Full text Open Access
38. Feeney MA, Newitt JT, Addington E, Algora-Gallardo L, Allan C, Balis L, Birke AS, Castaño-Espriu L, Charkoudian LK, Devine R, Gayrard D, Hamilton J, Hennrich O, Hoskisson PA, Keith-Baker M, Klein JG, Kruasuwan W, Mark DR, Mast Y, McHugh RE, McLean TC, Mohit E, Munnoch JT, Murray J, Noble K, Otani H, Parra J, Pereira CF, Perry L, Pintor-Escobar L, Pritchard L, Prudence SMM, Russell AH, Schniete JK, Seipke RF, Sélem-Mojica N, Undabarrena A, Vind K, van Wezel GP, Wilkinson B, Worsley SF, Duncan KR, Fernández-Martínez LT, Hutchings MI. 2022. ActinoBase: tools and protocols for researchers working on Streptomyces and other filamentous actinobacteria. Microb Genom 8:000824. Full text Open Access
37. Seipke RF#. 2022. Antibiotics made to order. Science, 376:919-920. Full text
2021
36. Fazal A, Hemsworth GR, Webb ME, Seipke RF#. 2021. A standalone β-ketoreductase that acts concomitantly with biosynthesis of the antimycin scaffold. ACS Chem Biol, doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.1c00229. Full text Open Access
2020
35. Hoskisson PA, Seipke RF#. 2020. Cryptic or silent? The known unknowns, unknown knowns and unknown unknowns of secondary metabolism. mBio e02642-20. Full text Open Access
34. Fazal A, Webb ME, Seipke RF#. 2020. The desotamide family of antibiotics. Antibiotics 9:952. Full text Open Access
33. Bilyk B, Kim S, Fazal A, Baker TA, Seipke RF#. 2020. Regulation of antimycin biosynthesis is controlled by the ClpXP protease. mSphere 5:e00144. Full text Open Access
32. Fazal A, Thankachan D, Harris E, Seipke RF#. 2020. A chromatogram-simplified Streptomyces albus host for heterologous production of natural products. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 113:511-520. Full text Open Access
2019
31. Thankachan D, Fazal A, Francis D, Song L, Webb ME, Seipke RF#. 2019. A trans-acting cyclase offloading strategy for nonribosomal peptide synthetases. ACS Chem Biol doi: 14:845-849. Abstract
2018
30. Skyrud W, Liu J, Thankachan D, Cabrera M, Seipke RF#, Zhang W. 2018. Biosynthesis of the 15-membered ring depsipeptide neoantimycin. ACS Chem Biol 13:1398-1406. Full text Open Access
29. van der Heul H, Bilyk B, McDowall KJ, Seipke RF, van Wezel GP. 2018. Regulation of antibiotic production in Actinobacteria: perspectives from the post-genomic era [Covering: 2000 to 2018]. Nat Prod Rep 35:575-604. Abstract
28. Holmes NA, Devine R, Qin Z, Seipke RF, Wilkinson B, Hutchings MI. 2018. Complete genome sequence of Streptomyces formicae KY5, the formicamycin producer. J Biotechnol 265:116-118. Full text Open Access
27. Joynt R, Seipke RF#. 2018. A phylogenetic and evolutionary analysis of antimycin biosynthesis. Microbiology 164:28-39. Full text Open Access
2017
26. Nass NM, Farooque S, Hind C, Wwand M, Randall CP, Sutton JM, Seipke RF, Rayner CM, O’Neill AJ. 2017. Revisiting unexploited antibiotics in search of new antibacterial drug candidates: the case of ɣ-actinorhodin. Sci Rep 7:17419. Full text Open Access
25. Som NF, Heine D, Holmes N, Knowles F, Chandra G, Seipke RF, Hoskisson PA, Wilkinson B, Hutchings MI. 2017. The MtrAB two component system controls antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Microbiology 163:1415-1419. Full text Open Access
24. Som NF, Heine D, Holmes NA, Munnoch JT, Chandra G, Seipke RF, Hoskisson PA, Wilkinson B, Hutchings MI. 2017. The conserved two-component system MtrAB coordinates chloramphenicol production with sporulation in Streptomyces venezuelae. Front Microbiol 8:1145. Full text Open Access
23. Zhiwei Q, Munnoch JT, Devine R, Holmes NA, Seipke RF, Wilkinson KA, Wilkinson B, Hutchings MI. 2017. Formicamycins, antibacterial polyketides produced by Streptomyces formicae isolated from African Tetraponera plant-ants. Chem Sci 8:3218-3227. Full text Open Access
2016
22. McLean TC, Hoskisson PA, Seipke RF#. 2016. Coordinate regulation of antimycin and candicidin biosynthesis. mSphere 1(6):e00305-16. Full text Open Access
2015
21. Medema MH, Kottmann R, Yilmaz P, Cummings M, Biggins JB, Blin K, de Bruijn I, Chooi YH, Claesen J, Coates RC, Cruz-Morales P, Duddela S, Düsterhus S, Edwards DJ, Fewer DP, Garg N, Geiger C, Gomez-Escribano JP, Greule A, Hadjithomas M, Haines AS, Helfrich EJ, Hillwig ML, Ishida K, Jones AC, Jones CS, Jungmann K, Kegler C, Kim HU, Kötter P, Krug D, Masschelein J, Melnik AV, Mantovani SM, Monroe EA, Moore M, Moss N, Nützmann HW, Pan G, Pati A, Petras D, Reen FJ, Rosconi F, Rui Z, Tian Z, Tobias NJ, Tsunematsu Y, Wiemann P, Wyckoff E, Yan X, Yim G, Yu F, Xie Y, Aigle B, Apel AK, Balibar CJ, Balskus EP, Barona-Gómez F, Bechthold A, Bode HB, Borriss R, Brady SF, Brakhage AA, Caffrey P, Cheng YQ, Clardy J, Cox RJ, De Mot R, Donadio S, Donia MS, van der Donk WA, Dorrestein PC, Doyle S, Driessen AJ, Ehling-Schulz M, Entian KD, Fischbach MA, Gerwick L, Gerwick WH, Gross H, Gust B, Hertweck C, Höfte M, Jensen SE, Ju J, Katz L, Kaysser L, Klassen JL, Keller NP, Kormanec J, Kuipers OP, Kuzuyama T, Kyrpides NC, Kwon HJ, Lautru S, Lavigne R, Lee CY, Linquan B, Liu X, Liu W, Luzhetskyy A, Mahmud T, Mast Y, Méndez C, Metsä-Ketelä M, Micklefield J, Mitchell DA, Moore BS, Moreira LM, Müller R, Neilan BA, Nett M, Nielsen J, O'Gara F, Oikawa H, Osbourn A, Osburne MS, Ostash B, Payne SM, Pernodet JL, Petricek M, Piel J, Ploux O, Raaijmakers JM, Salas JA, Schmitt EK, Scott B, Seipke RF, Shen B, Sherman DH, Sivonen K, Smanski MJ, Sosio M, Stegmann E, Süssmuth RD, Tahlan K, Thomas CM, Tang Y, Truman AW, Viaud M, Walton JD, Walsh CT, Weber T, van Wezel GP, Wilkinson B, Willey JM, Wohlleben W, Wright GD, Ziemert N, Zhang C, Zotchev SB, Breitling R, Takano E, Glöckner FO. Minimum information about a biosynthetic gene cluster. Nat Chem Biol 11:625-631. Full text Open Access
20. Seipke RF#. 2015. Strain-level diversity of secondary metabolism in Streptomyces albus. PLoS One e0116457. Full text Open Access
19. Liu J, Zhu X, Seipke RF, Zhang W. 2015. Biosynthesis of antimycins with a reconstituted 3-formamidosalicylate pharmacophore in Escherichia coli. ACS Synth Biol 4:559-565. Abstract
2014
18. Gao H, Gruschow S, Barke J, Seipke RF, Hill LM, Orivel J, Yu DW, Hutchings MI, Goss RJM. 2014. Filipins: the first antifungal “weed killers” identified from bacteria isolated form the trap-ant. RSC Adv 4:57267-57270. Abstract
17. Seipke RF#, Patrick E, Hutchings MI. 2014. Regulation of antimycin biosynthesis by the orphan RNA polymerase sigma factor σ AntA. PeerJ 2:e253. Full text Open Access
2013
16. Seipke RF#, Hutchings MI. 2013. The regulation and biosynthesis of antimycins. Beilstein J Org Chem 19:2556-2563. Full text Open Access
15. Seipke RF#, Barke J, Heavens D, Yu DW, Hutchings MI. 2013. Analysis of bacterial communities associated with two ant-plant symbioses. Microbiologyopen 2:276-283. Full text Open Access
14. Clark LC, Seipke RF, Prieto-Aranda P, Willemse J, van Wezel GP, Hutchings MI, Hoskisson PA. 2012. Mammalian cell entry genes in Streptomyces may provide clues to the evolution of bacterial virulence. Sci Rep 3:1109. Full text Open Access
2012
13. Seipke RF, Gruschow S, Goss RJM, Hutchings MI. 2012. Isolating antifungals from fungus-growing ant symbionts using a genome-guided chemistry approach. Methods Enzymol 517:47-70. Abstract
12. Moore JM, Bradshaw E, Seipke RF, Hutchings MI, McArthur M. Use and discovery of chemical elicitors that stimulate Streptomyces bacteria. Methods Enzymol 517:367-385. Abstract
11. Seipke RF, Kaltenpoth M, Hutchings MI. 2011. Streptomyces as symbionts: an emerging and widespread theme? FEMS Microbiol Rev 36:862-876. Abstract
2011
10. Seipke RF#, Barke J, Brearley C, Hill L, Yu DW, Goss RG, Hutchings MI. 2011. A single Streptomyces mutualist makes multiple antifungals to support the fungus farming ant Acromyrmex octospinosus. PLoS One 6:e22028. Full text Open Access
9. Seipke RF, Song L, Bicz J, Laskaris P, Yaxley AM, Challis GL, Loria R. 2011. The plant pathogen Streptomyces scabies 87-22 has a functional pyochelin biosynthetic pathway that is regulated by TetR- and AfsR-family protein. Microbiology 157:2681-2693. Abstract Open Access
8. Seipke RF, Barke J, Ruiz-Gonzalez MX, Orivel J, Yu DW, Hutchings MI. 2011. Fungus-growing Allomerus ants are associated with antibiotic-producing actinobacteria. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 101:443-447. Abstract
7. Seipke RF, Crossman LC, Drou N, Heavens D, Bibb MJ, Caccamo M, Hutchings MI. 2011. Draft Genome Sequence of Streptomyces S4, a symbiont of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus. J Bacteriol 193:4270-4271. Abstract
6. Barke J, Seipke RF, Yu DW, Hutchings MI. 2011. A mutualistic microbiome: how do fungus-growing ants select their antibiotic-producing bacteria? Commun Integr Biol 4:41-43. Full text Open Access
2010
5. Barke J, Seipke RF, Grüschow S, Heavens D, Drou N, Bibb MJ, Goss RJ, Yu DW, Hutchings MI. 2010. A mixed community of actinomycetes produce multiple antibiotics for the fungus farming ant Acromyrmex octospinosus. BMC Biol 8:109. Full text Open Access
4. Bignell DR, Seipke RF, Huguet-Tapia JC, Chambers AH, Parry RJ, Loria R. 2010. Streptomyces scabies 87-22 contains a coronafacic acid-like biosynthetic cluster that contributes to plant-microbe interactions. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 23:161-175. Abstract
2009
3. Seipke RF, Loria, R. 2009. Hopanoids are not essential for growth of Streptomyces scabies 87-22. J Bacteriol 191:5216-5223. Abstract
2008
2. Seipke RF, Loria R. 2008. Streptomyces scabies 87-22 possesses a functional tomatinase. J Bacteriol 190:7684-7692. Abstract
1. Loria R, Bignell DR, Moll S, Huguet-Tapia JC, Joshi MV, Johnson EG, Seipke RF, Gibson DM. 2008. Thaxtomin biosynthesis: The path to plant pathogenicity in the genus Streptomyces. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 94:3-10. Abstract
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