Identification of Sare0718 as an alanine-activating adenylation domain in marine actinomycete Salinispora arenicola CNS-205.

BACKGROUND: Amino acid adenylation domains (A domains) are critical enzymes that dictate the identity of the amino acid building blocks to be incorporated during nonribosomal peptide (NRP) biosynthesis. NRPs represent a large group of valuable natural products that are widely applied in medicine, ag...

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Main Authors: Sisi Xia, Yanlin Ma, Wei Zhang, Yi Yang, Shaowen Wu, Minzhe Zhu, Lingfu Deng, Bing Li, Zhonglai Liu, Chao Qi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3360062?pdf=render