Structural and functional organization of the fengycin synthetase multienzyme system from Bacillus subtilis b213 and A1/3

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-41

  Steller, Sigrid ^a   Vollenbroich, Dirk ^a   Leenders, Frank ^a   Stein, Torsten ^a   Conrad, Birgit ^b   Hofemeister, Jürgen ^b   Jacques, Philippe ^c   Thonart, Philippe ^c   Vater, Joachim ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antifungal antibiotic; Bacillus subtilis; Fengycin; Lipopeptide synthetase; Nonribosomal peptide biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL GENOME; CATALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FENGYCIN; FENGYCIN SYNTHETASE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC STRAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032782572     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(99)80018-0     Document Type: Article

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