The first gene in the biosynthesis of the polyketide antibiotic TA of Myxococcus xanthus codes for a unique PKS module coupled to a peptide synthetase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 286, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 465-474

  Paitan, Yossi ^a   Alon, Gili ^a   Orr, Elisha ^b   Ron, Eliora Z ^a   Rosenberg, Eugene ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic TA; Myxococcus xanthus; Peptide synthetase; Polyketide; Polyketide synthase (PKS)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; POLYKETIDE; SYNTHETASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 0033582596     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2478     Document Type: Article

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