| Literature DB >> 23744512 |
Xiaoying Bian1, Jun Fu, Alberto Plaza, Jennifer Herrmann, Dominik Pistorius, A Francis Stewart, Youming Zhang, Rolf Müller.
Abstract
Releasing the cytopath: We have identified an N-myristoyl-D-asparagine (1) as the free N-terminal prodrug scaffold in cytopathogenic Escherichia coli strains expressing the colibactin gene cluster. Colibactin is released in vivo upon cleavage of precolibactin. We provide for the first time in vivo evidence of the prodrug-like release mechanism of colibactin.Entities:
Keywords: E. coli Nissle; biosynthesis; colibactin; gene expression; prodrug maturation
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23744512 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201300208
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chembiochem ISSN: 1439-4227 Impact factor: 3.164