Achievements and impacts of glycosylation reactions involved in natural product biosynthesis in prokaryotes

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 5691-5704

  Song, Myoung Chong ^a,c   Kim, Eunji ^a   Ban, Yeon Hee ^a   Yoo, Young Ji ^a   Kim, Eun Ji ^a   Park, Sung Ryeol ^a   Pandey, Ramesh Prasad ^b   Sohng, Jae Kyung ^b   Yoon, Yeo Joon ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b SunMoon University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Glycosylation; Glycosyltransferase; Natural products; Prokaryotes

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVE PRODUCTS; GLYCOSYL TRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLATION REACTIONS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; NATURAL PRODUCTS; PATHWAY ENGINEERINGS; PROKARYOTES; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY;

ESTERIFICATION; GLYCOSYLATION; MICROORGANISMS;

BIOACTIVITY;

10 DEOXYMETHYNOLIDE; 2 DEOXY 1 FUCOSYL 2 DEOXY 1 FUCOSYL RHODOSAMINYL AKLAVINONE; 3' O METHYLSTEFFIMYCIN; APIGENIN; ARANCIAMYCIN E; DAIDZEIN; DEXTRO DIGITOXOSYL 8 DEMETHOXY 10 DEOXYSTEFFIMYCINONE; DOXORUBICIN; ELLORAMYCIN; GENISTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; KAEMPFEROL; LANDOMYCIN A; LANDOMYCIN E; LANDOMYCIN J; LUTEOLIN; NARBOMYCIN; NARBONOLIDE; NARINGENIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; NOGALAMYCIN; PIKROMYCIN; RHODOMYCIN D; RHODOSAMINYL RHODOMYCIN D; STEFFIMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; URDAMYCIN A; URDAMYCIN M; VANCOMYCIN; YC 17;

BIOACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROKARYOTE;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84879416855     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4978-7     Document Type: Review

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