Activation of cryptic metabolite production through gene disruption: Dimethyl furan-2,4-dicarboxylate produced by Streptomyces sahachiroi

At least 65% of all small molecule drugs on the market today are natural products, however, re-isolation of previously identified and characterized compounds has become a serious impediment to the discovery of new bioactive natural products. Here, genetic knockout of an unusual non-ribosomal peptide...

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Main Authors: Dinesh Simkhada, Huitu Zhang, Shogo Mori, Howard Williams, Coran M. H. Watanabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Beilstein-Institut 2013-08-01
Series:Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.9.205