Module evolution and substrate specificity of fungal nonribosomal peptide synthetases involved in siderophore biosynthesis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Most filamentous ascomycete fungi produce high affinity iron chelators called siderophores, biosynthesized nonribosomally by multimodular adenylating enzymes called nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs). While genes encoding the m...

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Main Authors: Turgeon B Gillian, Ripoll Daniel R, Bushley Kathryn E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-12-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/328