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Streptomyces nodosus host strains optimized for polyene glycosylation engineering.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry - 1 Jan 2012
Stephens Niamh, Rawlings Bernard, Caffrey Patrick
Abstract excerpt
The AmphDI glycosyltransferase transfers a mycosaminyl sugar residue from GDP onto 8-deoxyamphoteronolide B, the aglycone of the antifungal amphotericin B. In this study the amphDI gene was inactivated in Streptomyces nodosus strains lacking the AmphN cytochrome P450. The new mutants produced 8-deoxy-16-methyl-16-descarboxyl amphoteronolides in high yield. These strains and aglycones should prove valuable for in...
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