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Abstract
Polyketides are a large family of structurally complex natural products including compounds with important bioactivities. Polyketides are biosynthesized by polyketide synthases (PKSs), multienzyme complexes derived evolutionarily from fatty acid synthases (FASs). The focus of this review is to critically compare the properties of FASs with iterative aromatic PKSs, including type II PKSs and fungal type I nonreducing PKSs whose chemical logic is distinct from that of modular PKSs. This review focuses on structural and enzymological studies that reveal both similarities and striking differences between FASs and aromatic PKSs. The potential application of FAS and aromatic PKS structures for bioengineering future drugs and biofuels is highlighted.Entities:
Keywords: directed biosynthesis; enzymology; fatty acid synthase; natural products; polyketide synthase; structural biology
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29925265 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-063011-164509
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Annu Rev Biochem ISSN: 0066-4154 Impact factor: 23.643