Novobiocin biosynthesis in Streptomyces spheroides: Identification of a dimethylallyl diphosphate:4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dimethylallyl transferase

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-74

  Steffensky, Marion ^a   Li, Shu Ming ^a   Vogler, Bernhard ^b   Heide, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

4 Hydroxyphenylpyruvate; Biosynthesis; Novobiocin; Prenyltransferase; Streptomyces spheroides

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; NOVOBIOCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES;

STREPTOMYCES SPHEROIDES;

EID: 0032054264     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00051-2     Document Type: Article

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