Targeted production of secondary metabolites by coexpression of non-ribosomal peptide synthetase and prenyltransferase genes in Aspergillus

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 4213-4223

  Wunsch, Carsten ^a   Mundt, Kathrin ^a   Li, Shu Ming ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclic dipeptide; Heterologous expression; Non ribosomal peptide synthetase; Prenylated derivatives; Prenyltransferase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ASPERGILLUS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; METABOLITES;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHETIC GENE CLUSTER; CYCLIC DIPEPTIDE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASES; PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; PRENYLTRANSFERASE; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

PEPTIDES;

DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; DIPEPTIDE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEOSARTORYA; SECONDARY METABOLISM;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; DIPEPTIDES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; NEOSARTORYA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84939998529     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6490-8     Document Type: Article

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