Structure and specificity of a permissive bacterial C-prenyltransferase

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This study highlights the biochemical and structural characterization of the L-tryptophan C6 C-prenyltransferase (C-PT) PriB from Streptomyces sp. RM-5-8. PriB was found to be uniquely permissive to a diverse array of prenyl donors and acceptors including daptomycin. Two additional PTs also produced novel prenylated daptomycins with improved antibacterial activities over the parent drug.

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Elshahawi, Sherif I., Cao, Hongnan, Shaaban, Khaled A., et al.. "Structure and specificity of a permissive bacterial C-prenyltransferase." Nature Chemical Biology, 13, (2017) Springer Nature: 366-368. https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.2285.

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