Requirement of Two Acyltransferases for 4- O-Acylation during Biosynthesis of Harzianum A, an Antifungal Trichothecene Produced by Trichoderma arundinaceum

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 723-734

  Lindo, Laura ^a   McCormick, Susan P ^b   Cardoza, Rosa E ^a   Busman, Mark ^b   Alexander, Nancy J ^b   Proctor, Robert H ^b   Gutiérrez, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

acyltransferase; gene clusters; gene disruption; harzianum A; secondary metabolite; Trichoderma; trichothecenes

Indexed keywords

ACYLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FUNGI; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLITES;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; GENE CLUSTERS; GENE DISRUPTIONS; HARZIANUM A; SECONDARY METABOLITES; TRICHODERMA; TRICHOTHECENES;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HARZIANUM A; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE;

ACYLATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TRICHODERMA;

ACYLATION; ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; TRICHODERMA; TRICHOTHECENES;

EID: 85059739689     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b05564     Document Type: Article

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