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By gjwillia | Published June 18, 2019 | Full size is 982 × 390 pixels

Accessing non-natural small molecules via synthetic biology

The Williams Lab uses a combination of enzyme engineering, metabolic engineering, microbiology, synthetic biology, and organic chemistry, to access various non-natural small molecules and natural products for drug discovery and chemical biology.

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Prof. Williams is a member of the Comparative Medicine Institute at NC State, the BIT Program Training Faculty, the Microbiology Training Faculty, and the Genomic Sciences Initiative Training Faculty.

 

 

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RSS Recent Publications

  • Engineering the Specificity of Acetyl-CoA Synthetase for Diverse Acyl-CoA Thioester Generation
  • Promiscuity of an Alcohol-Dependent Hemiterpene Pathway for the In Vivo Production of a Non-Natural Alkylated Tryptophan Derivative
  • Directed Evolution of a Macrolide-Sensing Transcription Factor Biosensor for the Detection of Macrolactone Aglycones via "Effector Walking" and Efflux Pump Deletion
  • Engineering of a Malonyl-CoA Ligase for Production of Fluorinated Polyketide Extender Units
  • Targeted Enzyme Modifications Enable Regioselective Biosynthesis of Fluorinated Polyketides
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