The cell wall-associated mycolactone polyketide synthases are necessary but not sufficient for mycolactone biosynthesis.

The cell wall-associated mycolactone polyketide synthases are necessary but not sufficient for mycolactone biosynthesis.

Mycolactones are polyketide-derived lipid virulence factors made by the slow-growing human pathogen, Mycobacterium ulcerans. Three unusually large and homologous plasmid-borne genes (mlsA1: 51 kb, mlsB: 42 kb and mlsA2: 7 kb) encode the mycolactone type I polyketide synthases (PKS). The extreme size...

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Main Authors: Jessica L Porter, Nicholas J Tobias, Sacha J Pidot, Steffen Falgner, Kellie L Tuck, Andrea Vettiger, Hui Hong, Peter F Leadlay, Timothy P Stinear
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23894666/pdf/?tool=EBI

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