Structural analysis of a peptide synthetase gene required for ergopeptine production in the endophytic fungus Neotyphodium lolii

DNA Sequence - Journal of DNA Sequencing and Mapping

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 379-385

  Damrongkool, Prapassorn ^a,d   Sedlock, Andrea B ^a,e   Young, Carolyn A ^b   Johnson, Richard D ^a,f   Goetz, Kerry E ^a   Scott, Barry ^b   Schardl, Christopher L ^c   Panaccione, Daniel G ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adenylation domain; Endophyte; Ergopeptine; Ergovaline; Intron position; Peptide synthetase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ERGOPEPTINE; LYSERGIC ACID; LYSERGYL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE 1; MYCOTOXIN; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ERGOT ALKALOID; LYSERGYL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE;

ADENYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; ENDOPHYTE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FUNGUS; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM; NEOTYPHODIUM LOLII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TALL FESCUE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLAVICEPS; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; FUNGI; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM; NEOTYPHODIUM LOLII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLAVICEPS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ERGOT ALKALOIDS; GENES, FUNGAL; HYPOCREALES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 33645215501     PISSN: 10425179     EISSN: 10292365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10425170500273005     Document Type: Article

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