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A nonribosomal peptide synthase containing a stand-alone condensation domain is essential for phytotoxin zeamine biosynthesis.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Nov 2013
Cheng Yingying, Liu Xiaoling, An Shuwen, Chang Changqing, Zou Yuanqiang, Huang Luhao, Zhong Jin, Liu Qiongguang, Jiang Zide, Zhou Jianuan, Zhang Lian-Hui
Abstract excerpt
Dickeya zeae is the causal agent of rice foot rot and maize stalk rot diseases, which could cause severe economic losses. The pathogen is known to produce two phytotoxins known as zeamine and zeamine II which are also potent antibiotics against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria pathogens. Zeamine II is a long-chain aminated polyketide and zeamine shares the same polyketide structure as zeamine II,...
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