Diversity of nonribosomal peptide synthetases involved in the biosynthesis of lipopeptide biosurfactants

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 141-172

  Roongsawang, Niran ^a   Washio, Kenji ^b   Morikawa, Masaaki ^b  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lipopeptide biosurfactants (LPBSs); Nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs); Nonribosomal peptides

Indexed keywords

ARTHROFACTIN; BACILLOMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; BIOSURFACTANT; CIRCULOCIN; ENTOLYSIN; FENGYCIN; FUSARICIDIN; ITURIN; KURSTAKIN; LICHENYSIN; LIPOPEPTIDE BIOSURFACTANT; MASSETOLIDE; MYCOSUBTILIN; ORFAMIDE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; PUTISOLVIN; SURFACTANT; SURFACTIN; SYRINGAFACTIN; SYRINGOMYCIN; SYRINGOPEPTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISCOSIN; LIPOPEPTIDE;

ADENYLATION; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE TENSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS;

BACILLUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LIPOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PSEUDOMONAS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 79551497725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms12010141     Document Type: Review

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