作者: Jonathan Kennedy , Karine Auclair , Steven G Kendrew , Cheonseok Park , John C Vederas
DOI: 10.1126/SCIENCE.284.5418.1368
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摘要: Polyketides, the ubiquitous products of secondary metabolism in microorganisms, are made by a process resembling fatty acid biosynthesis that allows suppression reduction or dehydration reactions at specific biosynthetic steps, giving rise to wide range often medically useful products. The lovastatin cluster contains two type I polyketide synthase genes. Synthesis main nonaketide-derived skeleton was found require previously known iterative nonaketide (LNKS), plus least one additional protein (LovC) interacts with LNKS and is necessary for correct processing growing chain production dihydromonacolin L. noniterative diketide (LDKS) enzyme specifies formation 2-methylbutyrate closely an transesterase (LovD) responsible assembling from this monacolin J.