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Thioesterases and the premature termination of polyketide chain elongation in rifamycin B biosynthesis by Amycolatopsis mediterranei S699.
The Journal of antibiotics - 1 May 2000
Doi-Katayama Y, Yoon Y J, Choi C Y, Yu T W, Floss H G, Hutchinson C R
Abstract excerpt
The role of two thioesterase genes in the premature release of polyketide synthase intermediates during rifamycin biosynthesis in the Amycolatopsis mediterranei S699 strain was investigated. Creation of an in-frame deletion in the rifR gene led to a 30 approximately 60% decrease in the production of both rifamycin B by the S699 strain or a series of tetra- to decaketide shunt products of polyketide chain assembly...
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