A novel mycolactone from a clinical isolate of Mycobacterium ulcerans provides evidence for additional toxin heterogeneity as a result of specific changes in the modular polyketide synthase

Chembiochem. 2005 Apr;6(4):643-8. doi: 10.1002/cbic.200400339.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acyltransferases / genetics
  • Acyltransferases / metabolism
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Bacterial Toxins / biosynthesis*
  • Bacterial Toxins / chemistry
  • Lactones / chemistry
  • Macrolides
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mycobacterium ulcerans / enzymology*
  • Mycobacterium ulcerans / genetics
  • Mycobacterium ulcerans / metabolism
  • Polyketide Synthases / genetics*
  • Polyketide Synthases / metabolism
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Substrate Specificity

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Lactones
  • Macrolides
  • mycolactone
  • mycolactone A
  • mycolactone B
  • Polyketide Synthases
  • Acyltransferases

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AY743331