Studies on biosynthetic genes and enzymes of isoprenoids produced by actinomycetes

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 227-243

  Dairi, Tohru ^a  

^a TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Biosynthesis; Cyclase; Isoprenoid; Mevalonate pathway

Indexed keywords

2 C METHYL DEXTRO ERYTHRITOL 4 PHOSPHATE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BE 40644; BRASILICARDIN A; DIPERTENE CYCLASE; ENZYME; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE; FURAQUINOCIN A; GERANYLGERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A SYNTHASE; ISOMERASE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; ISOPRENOID; KS 505A; LONGESTIN; MEVALONATE DIPHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; MEVALONATE KINASE; MEVALONIC ACID; NAPHTERPIN; NAPYRADIOMYCIN A; PENTALENENE SYNTHASE; PENTALENOLACTONE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOMEVALONATE KINASE; PYROPHOSPHATE; SYNTHETASE; TERPENTECIN; TERPENTEDIENOL DIPHOSPHATE; TERPENTETRIENE; TYPE 2 ISOPENTYL DIPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; EUKARYOTE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROXYLATION; IONIZATION; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; STREPTOMYCES; SYNTHESIS;

EUKARYOTA; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 19644385860     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2005.27     Document Type: Review

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