The Post‐Polyketide Synthase Modification Mechanism in Hitachimycin Biosynthesis
Fumitaka Kudo,
Kazuma Tsuboi,
Mutsumi Ikezaki
et al.
Abstract:Hitachimycin is a bicyclic macrolactam antibiotic with (S)‐β‐phenylalanine (β‐Phe) at the starter position of the polyketide skeleton. While the enzymes that recognize β‐amino acids, modify the aminoacyl groups, and transfer the resultant dipeptide groups to the acyl carrier protein domains of polyketide synthases (PKSs) have been studied extensively, the post‐PKS modification mechanism responsible for constructing the unique bicyclic structure of hitachimycin remains elusive. In this study, we first inactivat… Show more
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