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Epigenetic remodeling of the fungal secondary metabolome.

Williams RB, Henrikson JC, Hoover AR, Lee AE, Cichewicz RH.

Natural Products Discovery Group, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 620 Parrington Oval, Room 208, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019-3032, USA. rhcichewicz@ou.edu

Fungi treated with DNA methyltransferase and histone deacetylase inhibitors exhibited natural product profiles with enhanced chemical diversity demonstrating that small-molecule epigenetic modifiers are effective tools for rationally controlling the native expression of fungal biosynthetic pathways and generating new biomolecules.

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PMID: 18480899 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]