l-isoleucine catabolism. Identification of the gene cluster for herbicidin A biosynthesis in Streptomyces sp. L-9-10 as well as its verification by heterologous expression in a nonproducing host are described, and the results of in vitro characterization of a carboxyl methyltransferase encoded in the cluster, Her8, are presented. Based on these observations, a biosynthetic pathway is proposed for herbicidins
除草素是基于
腺苷的核苷类抗生素,具有一个不寻常的
三环十一碳核,并饰有(5-羟基)烯丙基部分。本文报道了进食研究,证明
三环核心衍生自d-
葡萄糖和d-
核糖,而tiglyl部分衍生自1-
异亮氨酸分解代谢的中间体。链霉菌中除草素A
生物合成
基因簇的鉴定。描述了L-9-10及其在非生产性宿主中通过异源表达进行的验证,以及体外结果介绍了在簇Her8中编码的羧基甲基转移酶的特征。基于这些观察,提出了
除草剂的
生物合成途径。