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SUBMITTER: Li W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1482887 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Wenli W Ju Jianhua J Osada Hiroyuki H Shen Ben B
Journal of bacteriology 20060601 11
Tautomycin (TTM), a potent protein phosphatase inhibitor, consists of a polyketide chain containing a spiroketal moiety and an acyl chain bearing a dialkylmaleic anhydride structure. PCR using degenerate primers was used to clone genes from Streptomyces spiroverticillatus for formation of the methoxymalonyl-acyl carrier protein. This locus was found to contain five genes (ttmC, ttmA, ttmD, ttmB, and ttmE), one of which was used as a probe to clone the 110-kb TTM biosynthetic gene cluster. The in ...[more]