Biosynthesis of 2′-O-methylmyxalamide D in the myxobacterium Cystobacter fuscus: A polyketide synthase-nonribosomal peptide synthetase system for the myxalamide D skeleton and a methyltransferase for the final O-methylation

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 699-705

  Feng, Zhiyang ^a   Qi, Jianhua ^a   Tsuge, Takashi ^a   Oba, Yuichi ^a   Sakagami, Youji ^a   Ojika, Makoto ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antifungal agent; Biosynthetic gene cluster; Methyltransferase; Myxobacterium; Polyketide synthase

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGI;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BIOSYNTHETIC GENE CLUSTER; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MYXOBACTERIUM; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE;

GENES;

CYSTOBACTER FUSCUS; MYXOCOCCALES;

2' O METHYLMYXALAMIDE D; 2'-O-METHYLMYXALAMIDE D; BACTERIAL DNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MYXALAMID D; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; POLYENE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYXOCOCCALES; RIBOSOME;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYXOCOCCALES; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; POLYENES; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; RIBOSOMES;

EID: 33645229682     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70.699     Document Type: Article

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