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. 1995 Aug;177(15):4544-8.
doi: 10.1128/jb.177.15.4544-4548.1995.

Expression of a functional fungal polyketide synthase in the bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

D J Bedford  1 , E Schweizer, D A Hopwood, C Khosla
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Expression of a functional fungal polyketide synthase in the bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

D J Bedford et al. J Bacteriol. 1995 Aug.

Abstract

The multifunctional 6-methylsalicylic acid synthase gene from Penicillium patulum was engineered for regulated expression in Streptomyces coelicolor. Production of significant amounts of 6-methylsalicylic acid by the recombinant strain was proven by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. These results suggest that it is possible to harness the molecular diversity of eukaryotic polyketide pathways by heterologous expression of biosynthetic genes in an easily manipulated model bacterial host in which prokaryotic aromatic and modular polyketide synthase genes are already expressed and recombined.

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