Biosynthesis of the red antibiotic, prodigiosin, in Serratia: Identification of a novel 2-methyl-3-n-amyl-pyrroie (MAP) assembly pathway, definition of the terminal condensing enzyme, and implications for undecylprodigiosin biosynthesis in Streptomyces

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 971-989

  Williamson, Neil R ^a   Simonsen, Henrik T ^a   Ahmed, Raef A A ^a   Goldet, Gabrielle ^a   Slater, Holly ^a   Woodley, Louise ^a   Leeper, Finian J ^a   Salmond, George P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 3 AMYLPYRROLE; 3 ACETYL OCTANAL; 4 METHOXY 2,2' BIPYRROLE 5 CARBALDEHYDE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; PRODIGIOSIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN PIG; PROTEIN PIGA; PROTEIN PIGF; PROTEIN PIGG; PROTEIN PIGH; PROTEIN PIGI; PROTEIN PIGJ; PROTEIN PIGM; PROTEIN PIGN; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECYLPRODIGIOSIN;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERRATIA; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PRODIGIOSIN; PYRROLES; SERRATIA; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

SERRATIA; SERRATIA SP.; SERRATIA SP. ATCC 39006; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 18444391489     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04602.x     Document Type: Article

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