Type III polyketide synthases in natural product biosynthesis

D Yu, F Xu, J Zeng, J Zhan - IUBMB life, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Polyketides represent an important class of biologically active and structurally diverse
compounds in nature. They are synthesized from acyl‐coenzyme A substrates by polyketide …

Fungal type III polyketide synthases

M Hashimoto, T Nonaka, I Fujii - Natural Product Reports, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2005 to 2014 This article covers the literature on fungal type III polyketide
synthases (PKSs) published from 2005 to 2014. Since the first discovery of fungal type III …

[HTML][HTML] Exploiting the biosynthetic potential of type III polyketide synthases

YP Lim, MK Go, WS Yew - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
Polyketides are structurally and functionally diverse secondary metabolites that are
biosynthesized by polyketide synthases (PKSs) using acyl-CoA precursors. Recent studies …

Type III polyketide synthases in microorganisms

Y Katsuyama, Y Ohnishi - Methods in Enzymology, 2012 - Elsevier
Type III polyketide synthases (PKSs) are simple homodimers of ketosynthases which
catalyze the condensation of one to several molecules of extender substrate onto a starter …

Recent advances in the biosynthesis of unusual polyketide synthase substrates

L Ray, BS Moore - Natural product reports, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2003 to July 2015 for polyketide synthase starter units and 2012 to September
2015 for polyketide synthase extender units This highlight provides an overview of recent …

Advances in cloning, functional analysis and heterologous expression of fungal polyketide synthase genes

J Schümann, C Hertweck - Journal of biotechnology, 2006 - Elsevier
Fungal polyketides comprise a diverse group of secondary metabolites that play an
important role for drug discovery, as pigments, and as mycotoxins. Their biosynthesis is …

Bacterial type III polyketide synthases: phylogenetic analysis and potential for the production of novel secondary metabolites by heterologous expression in …

F Gross, N Luniak, O Perlova, N Gaitatzis… - Archives of …, 2006 - Springer
Type III polyketide synthases (PKS) were regarded as typical for plant secondary
metabolism before they were found in microorganisms recently. Due to microbial genome …

The chalcone synthase superfamily of type III polyketide synthases

MB Austin, JP Noel - Natural product reports, 2003 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering 1970–2001This review covers the functionally diverse type III polyketide synthase
(PKS) superfamily of plant and bacterial biosynthetic enzymes, from the discovery of …

Discovery of a new bacterial polyketide biosynthetic pathway

BS Moore, JN Hopke - ChemBioChem, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Biochemically and phylogenetically unrelated to the well‐characterized microbial polyketide
synthases (PKSs), which are responsible for the biosynthesis of many clinically important …

Expanding the biosynthetic repertoire of plant type III polyketide synthases by altering starter molecule specificity

JM Jez, ME Bowman, JP Noel - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
Type III polyketide synthases (PKS) generate an array of natural products by condensing
multiple acetyl units derived from malonyl-CoA to thioester-linked starter molecules …