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A gene cluster for biosynthesis of the sesquiterpenoid antibiotic pentalenolactone in Streptomyces avermitilis.
Biochemistry - 16 May 2006
Tetzlaff Charles N, You Zheng, Cane David E, Takamatsu Satoshi, Omura Satoshi, Ikeda Haruo
Abstract excerpt
Streptomyces avermitilis, an industrial organism responsible for the production of the anthelminthic avermectins, harbors a 13.4 kb gene cluster containing 13 unidirectionally transcribed open reading frames corresponding to the apparent biosynthetic operon for the sesquiterpene antibiotic pentalenolactone. The advanced intermediate pentalenolactone F, along with the shunt metabolite pentalenic acid, could be...
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