Lomaiviticin Biosynthesis Employs a New Strategy for Starter Unit Generation

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• 作者：Abraham J. Waldman ; Emily P. Balskus
• 刊名：Organic Letters
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：January 17, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：16
• 期：2
• 页码：640-643
• 全文大小：270K
• ISSN：1523-7052

文摘

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.