Elucidating the mechanism of chain termination switching in the picromycin/methymycin polyketide synthase

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 553-558

  Tang, Li ^a   Fu, Hong ^a   Betlach, Melanie C ^a   McDaniel, Robert ^a  

^a KOSAN BIOSCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Erythromycin; Methymycin; Picromycin; Polyketide; Thioesterase

Indexed keywords

10 DEOXYMETHYNOLIDE; 6 DEOXYERYTHRONOLIDE B SYNTHASE; ANTIBIOTIC PRODUCTION; CHAIN TERMINATION SWITCHING; CYCLIZATION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; METHYMYCIN; NARBONOLIDE; PIKROMYCIN; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE;

STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS; STREPTOMYCES VENEZUELAE;

EID: 0033178656     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(99)80087-8     Document Type: Article

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