A Nonribosomal Peptide Synthase Containing a Stand-Alone Condensation Domain Is Essential for Phytotoxin Zeamine Biosynthesis

Dickeya zeae is the causal agent of rice foot rot and maize stalk rot diseases, which could cause severe economic losses. The pathogen is known to produce two phytotoxins known as zeamine and zeamine II which are also potent antibiotics against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria pathogens...

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Main Authors: Yingying Cheng, Xiaoling Liu, Shuwen An, Changqing Chang, Yuanqiang Zou, Luhao Huang, Jin Zhong, Qiongguang Liu, Zide Jiang, Jianuan Zhou, Lian-Hui Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The American Phytopathological Society 2013-11-01
Series:Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Online Access:https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI-04-13-0098-R