Pentaketide Melanin Biosynthesis in Aspergillus fumigatus Requires Chain-length Shortening of a Heptaketide Precursor

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 276, Issue 31, 2001, Pages 29292-29298

  Tsai, Huei Fung ^a   Fujii, Isao ^b   Watanabe, Akira ^b   Wheeler, Michael H ^c   Chang, Yun C ^a   Yasuoka, Yoshinori ^b   Ebizuka, Yutaka ^b   Kwon Chung, K J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYMES; FUNGI; MICROBIOLOGY;

ENZYME ASSAYS;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

1,3,6,8 TETRAHYDROXYNAPHTHALENE; 1,3,6,8 TETRAHYDROXYNAPHTHALENE REDUCTASE; 1,8 NAPHTHALENEDIOL; AYG1 PROTEIN; MELANIN; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; POLYKETIDE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,3,6,8-TETRAHYDROXYNAPHTHALENE; 1,8-DIHYDROXYNAPHTHALENE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; NAPHTHOL DERIVATIVE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE KETOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CONIDIUM; CYCLIZATION; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; CELL FREE SYSTEM; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; MELANINS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NAPHTHOLS; PHENOTYPE; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 0035800758     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M101998200     Document Type: Article

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