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Abraham J Waldman1, Emily P Balskus.
Abstract
Lomaiviticin biosynthesis is thought to utilize a propionyl starter unit for a type II polyketide synthase (PKS). Discovery of the lomaiviticin (lom) biosynthetic gene cluster suggested an unusual method for starter unit generation involving a bifunctional acyltransferase/decarboxylase (AT/DC) thus far observed only in type I PKS pathways. In vitro biochemical characterization of AT/DC Lom62 confirmed its ability to generate a propionyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP), revealing a new role for this enzymatic activity within natural product biosynthesis.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24383813 PMCID: PMC3965344 DOI: 10.1021/ol403714g
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Org Lett ISSN: 1523-7052 Impact factor: 6.005