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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Prod Rep. 2020 Jan 8;37(7):879–892. doi: 10.1039/c9np00050j

Table 1.

Example of BGCs containing a self-resistance-gene as a duplicate copy of the housekeeping gene (molecular target)

natural products organism molecular target biosynthetic core gene SRE verifieda FDA approvedb SRE inspiredc
inhibitors of DNA replication
novobiocin (1) Streptomyces niveus bacterial DNA gyrase NRPS V Y N
chlorobiocin (2) Streptomyces roseochromogenes bacterial DNA gyrase NRPS V N N
coumermycin A1 (3) Streptomyces rishiriensis bacterial DNA gyrase NRPS V N N
griselimycin (4) Streptomyces sp. DSM-40835 DnaN NRPS V N Y

inhibitors of protein biosynthesis
mupirocin (5) Pseudomonas fluorescens isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase PKS V Y N
thiomarinol A (6) Pseudoalteromonas sp. SANK 73390 isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase PKS V N N
cladosporin (7) Cladosporium cladosporioides lysyl-tRNA synthetase NRPS V Y N
borrelidin (8) Streptomyces parvulus threonyl-tRNA synthetase PKS V N N
albomycin δ2 (9) Streptomyces sp. ATCC 700974 seryl-tRNA synthetase NRPS V N N
indolmycin (10) Streptomyces griseus tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase other P N N
agrocin 84 (11) Agrobacterium radiobacter leucyl-tRNA synthetase other V N N
thiocillin (12) Bacillus cereus 50S ribosomal protein L11 precursor peptide P N N
rubradirin (13) Streptomyces achromogenes translation initiation factor PKS P N N
GE2270 (14) Planobispora rosea elongation factor Tu precursor peptide P N N
thiomuracin (15) Thermobispora bispora elongation factor Tu P N N
bengamide B (16) Myxococcus virescens methionine aminopeptidase, type I NRPS V N N
fumagillin (17) Aspergillus fumigatus methionine aminopeptidase, type II PKS P N N

inhibitors of protein degradation
salinosporamide A (18) Salinispora tropica proteasome subunit beta PKS-NRPS hybrid V N N
eponemycin (19) Streptomyces hygroscopicus proteasome subunit beta NRPS V N N
fellutamide B (20) Aspergillus nidulans proteasome component C5 NRPS V N Y

inhibitors of lipid metabolism
andrimid (21) Pantoea agglomerans acetyl-CoA carboxylase NRPS P N N
platensimycin (22) / platencin (23) Streptomyces platensis FabF TS V N N
kalimantacin (24) Pseudomonas fluorescens FabI PKS V N N
lovastatin (25) Aspergillus terreus 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase PKS V Y N
zaragozic acid (26) Curvularia lunata squalene synthase PKS P N N
thiolactomycin (27) Salinispora pacifica fatty acid synthase II PKS V N Y
thiotetroamide C (28) Streptomyces afghaniensis fatty acid synthase II PKS V N Y

inhibitors of carbohydrate and energy metabolism
pentalenolactone (29) Streptomyces avermitilis glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase TS V N N
heptelidic acid (30) Aspergillus oryzae glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase TS V N N
aurovertin E (31) Metarhizium anisopliae ATP synthase beta chain PKS P N N
citreoviridin (32) Aspergillus terreus ATP synthase beta chain PKS P N N

inhibitors of amino acid metabolism
phaseolotoxin (33) Pseudomonas syringae ornithine carbamoyltransferase other V N N
aspterric acid (34) Aspergillus terreus dihydroxy-acid dehydratase TS V N Y

inhibitors of nucleotide metabolism
mycophenolic acid (35) Penicillium brevicompactum inosine-5′-monophosphate dehydrogenase PKS V Y Y

inhibitors of xenobiotics biodegradation
cephamycin C (36) Streptomyces clavuligerus beta-lactamase NRPS P N N
a

verified (V) or proposed (P).

b

approved (A) or not (N).

c

discovery is SRE inspired (Y) or not (N).