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SUBMITTER: Luo Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3969335 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20130101
Polycyclic tetramate macrolactams (PTMs) are a widely distributed class of natural products with important biological activities. However, many of these PTMs have not been characterized. Here we apply a plug-and-play synthetic biology strategy to activate a cryptic PTM biosynthetic gene cluster SGR810-815 from Streptomyces griseus and discover three new PTMs. This gene cluster is highly conserved in phylogenetically diverse bacterial strains and contains an unusual hybrid polyketide synthase-non ...[more]