Ergot cluster-encoded catalase is required for synthesis of chanoclavine-I in Aspergillus fumigatus

Current Genetics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-211

  Goetz, Kerry E ^a,c   Coyle, Christine M ^a   Cheng, Johnathan Z ^b   O'Connor, Sarah E ^b   Panaccione, Daniel G ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Catalase; Clavines; Ergot alkaloids; Gene cluster; Mycotoxin

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CHANOCLAVINE; ERGOT ALKALOID; FESTUCLAVINE; FUMIGACLAVINE A; FUMIGACLAVINE B; FUMIGACLAVINE C; N METHYL 4 DIMETHYLALLYLTRYPTOPHAN; N METHYLTRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EASC GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE CLUSTER; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CATALASE; CLAVICEPS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ERGOLINES; ERGONOVINE; ERGOT ALKALOIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRYPTOPHAN;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI;

EID: 79958280118     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: 14320983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-011-0336-4     Document Type: Article

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