Discovery and molecular engineering of sugar-containing natural product biosynthetic pathways in actinomycetes

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1909-1921

  Oh, Tae Jin ^a   Mo, Sang Joon ^b   Yoon, Yeo Joon ^b   Sohng, Jae Kyung ^a  

^a SunMoon University   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Combinatorial biosynthesis; Deoxysugar; Glycosyltransferase; Natural product

Indexed keywords

2 DEOXYSTREPTAMINE; ACLACINOMYCIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANSAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; BUTIROSIN; BUTIROSIN B; DEOXYSUGAR; DIHYDROCHALCOMYCIN; FRAMYCETIN; GENTAMICIN C; GLYCOSYLATED PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; KANAMYCIN A; MACROLIDE; METHYMYCIN; MYCINAMICIN; MYOINOSITOL 2 DEHYDROGENASE; NATURAL PRODUCT; NOVOBIOCIN; OLEANDOMYCIN; PIKROMYCIN; POLYKETIDE; RIBOSTAMYCIN; RUBRADIRIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN; TYLOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STREPTOMYCES; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; DEOXY SUGARS; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS);

EID: 38149121365     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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