The kirromycin gene cluster of Streptomyces collinus Tü 365 codes for an aspartate-α-decarboxylase, KirD, which is involved in the biosynthesis of the precursor Β-alanine

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 465-468

  Laiple, Kristina J ^a   Härtner, Thomas ^a   Fiedler, Hans Peter ^a   Wohlleben, Wolfgang ^a   Weber, Tilmann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

alanine; Antibiotics; Aspartate a decarboxylase; Kirromycin; PanD

Indexed keywords

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; ASPARTIC ACID; BETA ALANINE; CARBOXYLYASE; COENZYME A; FATTY ACID; GENE PRODUCT; GENOMIC DNA; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; MOCIMYCIN; PANTETHEINE PHOSPHATE; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PEPTIDYL CARRIER PROTEIN; POLYKETIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM AMYCOLATUM; DECARBOXYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STREPTOMYCES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-ALANINE; CARBOXY-LYASES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PYRIDONES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOMYCES;

STREPTOMYCES COLLINUS;

EID: 70349162484     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2009.67     Document Type: Article

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