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Identification of the orsellinic acid synthase PKS63787 for the biosynthesis of antroquinonols in Antrodia cinnamomea.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology - 1 Jun 2017
Yu Po-Wei, Cho Ting-Yu, Liou Ruey-Fen, Tzean Shean-Shong, Lee Tzong-Huei
Abstract excerpt
Antrodia cinnamomea, an endemic basidiomycete used as a health food in Taiwan, is known to synthesize antroquinonols, which were reported to have notable medicinal potential in oncology and immunology. However, the biosynthetic pathway of these compounds is currently unclear. Our previous study showed that a pks63787 knockout mutant of A. cinnamomea (∆pks63787) is deficient in the biosynthesis of several aromatic...
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