Plant-like biosynthesis of isoquinoline alkaloids in Aspergillus fumigatus

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 419-424

  Baccile, Joshua A ^a   Spraker, Joseph E ^b   Le, Henry H ^a   Brandenburger, Eileen ^c   Gomez, Christian ^a   Bok, Jin Woo ^c   MacHeleidt, Juliane ^c,d   Brakhage, Axel A ^c,d   Hoffmeister, Dirk ^c   Keller, Nancy P ^b   Schroeder, Frank C ^a  

^a United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BERBERINE; CARBON; COCLAURINE; ISOQUINOLINE ALKALOID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; ALKALOID; ISOQUINOLINE; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL BOND; GENE CLUSTER; METABOLOMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT;

ALKALOIDS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; ISOQUINOLINES; METABOLOMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANTS;

EID: 84963558322     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.2061     Document Type: Article

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