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Identification of genes for mycothiol biosynthesis in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2).
Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea) - 1 Feb 2006
Park Joo-Hong, Cha Chang-Jun, Roe Jung-Hye
Abstract excerpt
Mycothiol is a low molecular weight thiol compound produced by a number of actinomycetes, and has been suggested to serve both anti-oxidative and detoxifying roles. To investigate the metabolism and the role of mycothiol in Streptomyces coelicolor, the biosynthetic genes (mshA, B, C, and D) were predicted based on sequence homology with the mycobacterial genes and confirmed experimentally. Disruption of the mshA,...
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