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APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 88, Issue 6, Pages 1233-1242Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2860-4
Keywords
Biosynthesis; Megasynthase; Heterologous host
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- National Institute of Health, National Science Foundation
- Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation
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Polyketides are important bioactive natural products biosynthesized by bacteria, fungi, and plants. The enzymes that synthesize polyketides are collectively referred to as polyketide synthases (PKSs). Because many of the natural hosts that produce polyketides are difficult to culture or manipulate, establishing a universal heterologous host that is genetically tractable has become an important goal toward the engineered biosynthesis of polyketides and analogues. Here, we summarize the recent progresses in engineering Escherichia coli as a heterologous host for reconstituting PKSs of different types. Our increased understanding of PKS enzymology and structural biology, combined with new tools in protein engineering, metabolic engineering, and synthetic biology, has firmly established E. coli as a powerful host for producing polyketides.
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