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FlkO, a penicillin-binding protein-type thioesterase in cyclofaulknamycin biosynthesis
Kenichi Matsuda1, Rintaro Ichihara1, Toshiyuki Wakimoto1
1Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0812, Japan. kematsuda@pharm.hokudai.ac.jp.
Abstract:
Penicillin-binding protein-type thioesterases (PBP-type TEs) catalyze head-to-tail macrolactamization in bacterial nonribosomal peptide biosynthesis. Here the scope of FlkO, a new PBP-type TE in cyclofaulknamycin biosynthesis, was thoroughly evaluated. The preference for small residues at the substrate C-terminus was consistent with the decreased volume of its putative substrate-binding pocket.
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