A strategy for the identification of patterns in the biosynthesis of nonribosomal peptides by Betaproteobacteria species.

Nonribosomal peptides have an important pharmacological role due to their extensive biological properties. The singularities in the biosynthesis of these natural products allowed the development of genome-mining strategies which associate them to their original biosynthetic gene clusters. Generally, these compounds present complex architectures that make their identification difficult.