Unusual N-prenylation in diazepinomicin biosynthesis: The farnesylation of a benzodiazepine substrate is catalyzed by a new member of the ABBA prenyltransferase superfamily

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Bonitz, Tobias ^a   Zubeil, Florian ^a   Grond, Stephanie ^a   Heide, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CATALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DIBENZAZEPINES; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROMONOSPORA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PRENYLATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 84893334875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085707     Document Type: Article

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