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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2015

Unusual Biosynthesis and Structure of Locillomycins from Bacillus subtilis 916.

Chuping Luo, Xuehui Liu, Xian Zhou, Junyao Guo, John Truong, Xiaoyu Wang, Huafei Zhou, Xiangqian Li, Zhiyi Chen

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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Chuping LuoInstitute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China School of Life Science and Chemical Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, China.
Xuehui LiuInstitute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xian ZhouThe National Institute of Complementary Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Junyao GuoInstitute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China.
John TruongThe National Institute of Complementary Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Xiaoyu WangInstitute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China.
Huafei ZhouInstitute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China.
Xiangqian LiSchool of Life Science and Chemical Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, China lixq2002@126.com chzy84390393@163.com.
Zhiyi ChenInstitute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China lixq2002@126.com chzy84390393@163.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Three families of Bacillus cyclic lipopeptides--surfactins, iturins, and fengycins--have well-recognized potential uses in biotechnology and biopharmaceutical applications. This study outlines the isolation and characterization of locillomycins, a novel family of cyclic lipopeptides produced by Bacillus subtilis 916. Elucidation of the locillomycin structure revealed several molecular features not observed in other Bacillus lipopeptides, including a unique nonapeptide sequence and macrocyclization. Locillomycins are active against bacteria and viruses. Biochemical analysis and gene deletion studies have supported the assignment of a 38-kb gene cluster as the locillomycin biosynthetic gene cluster. Interestingly, this gene cluster encodes 4 proteins (LocA, LocB, LocC, and LocD) that form a hexamodular nonribosomal peptide synthetase to biosynthesize cyclic nonapeptides. Genome analysis and the chemical structures of the end products indicated that the biosynthetic pathway exhibits two distinct features: (i) a nonlinear hexamodular assembly line, with three modules in the middle utilized twice and the first and last two modules used only once and (ii) several domains that are skipped or optionally selected.

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Anti-Infective AgentsBacillus subtilisBacterial ProteinsBiosynthetic PathwaysMolecular Sequence DataMultigene FamilyPeptides, CyclicSoil MicrobiologyAnti-Infective AgentsBacterial ProteinsPeptides, Cyclic

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PMID26162886
PMCPMC4561706

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