Polyketide Synthases

Biotechnology
Using Chemobiosynthesis and Synthetic Mini-Polyketide Synthases To Produce Pharmaceutical Intermediates in Escherichia coli
Hugo G. Menzella, John R. Carney, Yong Li, Daniel V. Santi
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Genomic Island TnSmu2 of Streptococcus mutans Harbors a Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase-Polyketide Synthase Gene Cluster Responsible for the Biosynthesis of Pigments Involved in Oxygen and H₂O₂ Tolerance
Chenggang Wu, Robert Cichewicz, Yihong Li, Jinman Liu, Bruce Roe, Joseph Ferretti, Justin Merritt, Fengxia Qi
Microbial Ecology
Biosynthetic Potential of Phylogenetically Unique Endophytic Actinomycetes from Tropical Plants
Jeffrey E. Janso, Guy T. Carter
Environmental Microbiology
Identification of a Polyketide Synthase Coding Sequence Specific for Anatoxin-a-Producing Oscillatoria Cyanobacteria
Sabrina Cadel-Six, Isabelle Iteman, Caroline Peyraud-Thomas, Stéphane Mann, Olivier Ploux, Annick Méjean
Mycology
Insect-Specific Polyketide Synthases (PKSs), Potential PKS-Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Hybrids, and Novel PKS Clades in Tropical Fungi
Alongkorn Amnuaykanjanasin, Suranat Phonghanpot, Nattapong Sengpanich, Supapon Cheevadhanarak, Morakot Tanticharoen
Enzymology and Protein Engineering
Type II Thioesterase ScoT, Associated with Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) Modular Polyketide Synthase Cpk, Hydrolyzes Acyl Residues and Has a Preference for Propionate
Magdalena Kotowska, Krzysztof Pawlik, Aleksandra Smulczyk-Krawczyszyn, Hubert Bartosz-Bechowski, Katarzyna Kuczek
Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology
PCR Detection of Type I Polyketide Synthase Genes in Myxobacteria
Hisayuki Komaki, Ryosuke Fudou, Takashi Iizuka, Daisuke Nakajima, Koei Okazaki, Daisuke Shibata, Makoto Ojika, Shigeaki Harayama
Mycology
Genes for the Biosynthesis of the Fungal Polyketides Hypothemycin from Hypomyces subiculosus and Radicicol from Pochonia chlamydosporia
Christopher D. Reeves, Zhihao Hu, Ralph Reid, James T. Kealey
Microbial Ecology
Biogeography of Actinomycete Communities and Type II Polyketide Synthase Genes in Soils Collected in New Jersey and Central Asia
Boris Wawrik, Djumaniyaz Kutliev, Urinova A. Abdivasievna, Jerome J. Kukor, Gerben J. Zylstra, Lee Kerkhof
Invertebrate Microbiology
Widespread Occurrence and Genomic Context of Unusually Small Polyketide Synthase Genes in Microbial Consortia Associated with Marine Sponges
Lars Fieseler, Ute Hentschel, Lubomir Grozdanov, Andreas Schirmer, Gaiping Wen, Matthias Platzer, Siniša Hrvatin, Daniel Butzke, Katrin Zimmermann, Jörn Piel

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