Rory Little

Alumni

Publications

Little RF, Trottmann F, Hashizume H, Preissler M, Unger S, Sawa R, Kries H, Pidot S, Igarashi M, Hertweck C (2024) Analysis of the valgamicin biosynthetic pathway reveals a general mechanism for cyclopropanol formation across diverse natural product scaffolds. ACS Chem Biol 19(3), 660-668.
Trottmann F, Fiedler J, Ishida K, Ishida-Ito M, Little RF, Hertweck C (2023) Bacterial pathogen channels medium-sized fatty acids into malleicyprol biosynthesis. ACS Chem Biol 18(7), 1557-1563.
Little R, Trottmann F, Preissler M, Hertweck C (2022) An intramodular thioesterase domain catalyses chain release in the biosynthesis of a cytotoxic virulence factor. RSC Chem Biol 3(9), 1121-1128.
Little RF, Hertweck C (2022) Chain release mechanisms in polyketide and non-ribosomal peptide biosynthesis. Nat Prod Rep 39(1), 163-205. (Review)
Niehs SP, Kumpfmüller J, Dose B, Little RF, Ishida K, Florez LV, Kaltenpoth M, Hertweck C (2020) Insect-associated bacteria assemble the antifungal butenolide gladiofungin by non-canonical polyketide chain termination. Angew Chem Int Ed 59(51), 23122-23126.