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Production of nikkomycins Bx and Bz by mutasynthesis with genetically engineered Streptomyces tendae Tü901.
The Journal of antibiotics - 1 Feb 1999
Bormann C, Kálmánczhelyi A, Süssmuth R, Jung G
Abstract excerpt
The previously described Streptomyces tendae nikC::aph mutant was used to mutasynthesize nikkomycins Bx and Bz. The mutant is deficient in L-lysine 2-aminotransferase, which transaminates lysine to form piperideine 2-carboxylate, the precursor of the peptidyl side chain of the biologically active nikkomycins I, J, X, and Z, and is therefore unable to produce these nikkomycins. The mutant accumulates the...
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