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A regioselective tryptophan 5-halogenase is involved in pyrroindomycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces rugosporus LL-42D005.
Chemistry & biology - 1 Apr 2005
Zehner Susanne, Kotzsch Alexander, Bister Bojan, Süssmuth Roderich D, Méndez Carmen, Salas José A, van Pée Karl-Heinz
Abstract excerpt
The antibiotic compound pyrroindomycin B contains an indole ring chlorinated in the 5 position. The indole ring is probably derived from tryptophan, and thus primers derived from conserved regions of tryptophan halogenases were used to amplify and clone a DNA fragment that was then used to isolate a tryptophan 5-halogenase gene (pyrH) from a cosmid library of the pyrroindomycin producer Streptomyces rugosporus...
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