| Literature DB >> 22280373 |
Xuhua Mo1, Junying Ma, Hongbo Huang, Bo Wang, Yongxiang Song, Si Zhang, Changsheng Zhang, Jianhua Ju.
Abstract
The tirandamycins (TAMs) are a small group of Streptomyces-derived natural products that target bacterial RNA polymerase. Within the TAM biosynthetic cluster, trdE encodes a glycoside hydrolase whose role in TAM biosynthesis has been undefined until now. We report that in vivo trdE inactivation leads to accumulation of pre-tirandamycin, the earliest intermediate released from its mixed polyketide/nonribosomal peptide biosynthetic assembly line. In vitro and site-directed mutagenesis studies showed that TrdE, a putative glycoside hydrolase, catalyzes in a highly atypical fashion the installation of the Δ(11,12) double bond during TAM biosynthesis.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22280373 DOI: 10.1021/ja206713a
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419