Active site modification of the β-ketoacyl-ACP synthase FabF3 of Streptomyces coelicolor affects the fatty acid chain length of the CDA lipopeptides

Richard A. Lewis, Laura Nunns, Jenny Thirlway, Kathleen Carroll, Colin P. Smith, Jason Micklefield

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Abstract

Using site directed mutagenesis we altered an active site residue (Phe107) of the enzyme encoded by fabF3 (SCO3248) in the Streptomyces coelicolor gene cluster required for biosynthesis of the calcium dependent antibiotics (CDAs), successfully generating two novel CDA derivatives comprising truncated (C4) lipid side chains and confirming that fabF3 encodes a KAS-II homologue that is involved in determining CDA fatty acid chain length. © 2011 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1860-1862
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Volume47
Issue number6
Early online date6 Dec 2010
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Feb 2011

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  • Manchester Institute of Biotechnology

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