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Discovery and Biosynthesis of the Antibiotic Bicyclomycin in Distantly Related Bacterial Classes
27 Feb 2018
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ABSTRACT Bicyclomycin (BCM) is a clinically promising antibiotic that is biosynthesized by Streptomyces cinnamoneus DSM 41675. BCM is structurally characterized by a core cyclo( l -Ile- l -Leu) 2,5-diketopiperazine (DKP) that is extensively oxidized. Here, we identify the BCM biosynthetic gene cluster, which shows that the core of BCM is biosynthesized by a cyclodipeptide synthase, and the oxidative modifications...
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