| Literature DB >> 19266509 |
Björn Kusebauch1, Benjamin Busch, Kirstin Scherlach, Martin Roth, Christian Hertweck.
Abstract
A new "branch" for polyketide synthases was discovered in the biosynthesis of the antimitotic rhizoxin complex in the endofungal bacterium Burkholderia rhizoxinica. Genetic engineering and the structural elucidation of pathway intermediates revealed that a complex polyketide chain is branched at the beta position by an unprecedented conjugate addition of an acetyl building block to an acryloyl precursor (see scheme).Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19266509 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200900277
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 15.336