Genes for the biosynthesis of the fungal polyketides hypothemycin from Hypomyces subiculosus and radicicol from Pochonia chlamydosporia

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 5121-5129

  Reeves, Christopher D ^a,b   Hu, Zhihao ^a,c   Reid, Ralph ^a   Kealey, James T ^a,b  

^a KOSAN BIOSCIENCES INC   (United States)

^b Amyris Biotechnologies   (United States)

^c LS9 Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHLORINE; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; HYDROCARBONS; ISOMERIZATION; POLYMERS;

CIS-TRANS ISOMERIZATION; CYTOCHROME P-450; DOUBLE BONDS; GENE CLUSTERING; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; GLUTATHIONE S TRANSFERASES; HETEROLOGOUS GENE EXPRESSION; IN-VITRO; MONOOXYGENASE; O-METHYL GROUP; O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PKS GENES; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; POLYKETIDES; SEQUENCE IDENTITY; ZEARALENONE;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

CYTOCHROME P450; DEHYDROZEARALENOL; FLAVIN DEPENDENT MONOOXYGENASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYPOTHEMYCIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYKETIDE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; RADICICOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; ZERANOL;

CATALYSIS; CYTOCHROME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; METHYLATION; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EPOXIDATION; FUNGUS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROXYLATION; HYPOMYCES SUBICULOSUS; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOMERIZATION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POCHONIA CHLAMYDOSPORIA; YEAST CELL;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOMIC LIBRARY; HYPOCREALES; MACROLIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZEARALENONE;

GIBBERELLA ZEAE; HYPOMYCES SUBICULOSUS; POCHONIA CHLAMYDOSPORIA;

EID: 50049117282     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00478-08     Document Type: Article

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