Recently minted PhD Samantha Meiser Carpenter (now at BASF) describes the substrate promiscuity of a unique trans-acyltransferase from Zwittermicin biosynthesis in ACS Chemical Biology. Her work expands what is known about these ACP-dependent enzymes and suggests new strategies to diversify antibiotics.
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Check out Chapter 11 of “Chemical and Biological Synthesis: Enabling Approaches for Understanding Biology”, for a summary of precursor-directed biosynthesis by Edward Kalkreuter and Samantha Carpenter! In addition, Christian Kasey authored Chapter 8 of the book “Modern Biocatalysis: Advances Towards … Continue reading
