Three previously unrecognised classes of biosynthetic enzymes revealed during the production of xenovulene A

Nature Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Schor, Raissa ^a   Schotte, Carsten ^a   Wibberg, Daniel ^b   Kalinowski, Jörn ^b   Cox, Russell J ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDERASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; TERPENE CYCLASE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTOME; TROPOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOVULENE A; ENZYME; FUNGAL PROTEIN; SESQUITERPENE;

BIOACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENOME; RECONSTRUCTION; TERPENE;

ACREMONIUM; ACREMONIUM STRICTUM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIELS ALDER REACTION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE CLUSTER; GENE KNOCKOUT; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; SAROCLADIUM SCHORII; SAROCLADIUM STRICTUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; CYCLOADDITION; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; HYPOCREALES; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

ACREMONIUM STRICTUM; ALNUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; SAROCLADIUM;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CYCLOADDITION REACTION; ENZYMES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HYPOCREALES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SESQUITERPENES; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

EID: 85047250314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04364-9     Document Type: Article

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