Parry Ronald J
Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
Chem Biol. 2005 Feb;12(2):145-6. doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2005.01.007.
The prodiginine antibiotics exhibit antitumor and immunosuppressive activity. In this issue of Chemistry & Biology, Reynolds and coworkers demonstrate that new prodiginines can be obtained by substituting a FabH ketosynthase for the RedP ketosynthase in the undecylprodiginine biosynthetic gene cluster.
灵菌红素类抗生素具有抗肿瘤和免疫抑制活性。在本期《化学生物学》中,雷诺兹及其同事证明,通过在十一烷基灵菌红素生物合成基因簇中用FabH酮合成酶替代RedP酮合成酶,可以获得新的灵菌红素。