Bioassay-guided evolution of glycosylated macrolide antibiotics in Escherichia coli.

Macrolide antibiotics such as erythromycin are clinically important polyketide natural products. We have engineered a recombinant strain of Escherichia coli that produces small but measurable quantities of the bioactive macrolide 6-deoxyerythromycin D. Bioassay-guided evolution of this strain led to...

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Main Authors: Ho Young Lee, Chaitan Khosla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-02-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1790958?pdf=render