Zhou R, Linz J E
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1224, USA.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1999 Dec;65(12):5639-41. doi: 10.1128/AEM.65.12.5639-5641.1999.
The nor-1 gene is involved in aflatoxin biosynthesis in Aspergillus parasiticus and was predicted to encode a norsolorinic acid ketoreductase. Recombinant Nor-1 expressed in Escherichia coli converted the 1' keto group of norsolorinic acid to the 1' hydroxyl group of averantin in crude E. coli cell extracts in the presence of NADPH. The results confirm that Nor-1 functions as a ketoreductase in vitro.
nor-1基因参与寄生曲霉中黄曲霉毒素的生物合成,据预测它编码一种诺索洛林酸酮还原酶。在大肠杆菌中表达的重组Nor-1在NADPH存在的情况下,能将大肠杆菌粗细胞提取物中的诺索洛林酸的1'酮基转化为阿弗菌素的1'羟基。结果证实Nor-1在体外起酮还原酶的作用。