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Organization of biosynthetic gene cluster for avermectin in Streptomyces avermitilis : analysis of enzymatic domains in four polyketide synthases
1 Sept 2001
Abstract excerpt
The analysis of the incorporation of 13C-labeled precursors into avermectins indicates that the avermectin aglycons are synthesized by head-to-tail condensation of various acyl groups, which is similar to the biosynthesis of other polyketides. Polyketide synthases (PKS) use the appropriate CoA ester as a primer and add acetate units from malonyl-CoA and propionate units from methylmalonyl-CoA to assemble the...
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