Post-translational modifications during lantibiotic biosynthesis

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 498-507

  Xie, Lili ^a   Van Der Donk, Wilfred A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

(Z) 2,3 dehydrobutyrine; 2,3 dehydroalanine; Dha; Dhb; Lan; lanthionine; MeLan; methyllanthionine

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMIN; LACTICIN 481; LANTHIOPEPTIN; LANTIBIOTIC; MERSACIDIN; NISIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN PEP 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADDITION REACTION; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOCINS; CELL WALL; CYSTEINE; LANATOSIDES; LIPID METABOLISM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SERINE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THREONINE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 4644372683     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2004.08.005     Document Type: Review

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