Abstract

Model mutants. The biosynthesis of glycopeptide antibiotics must be understood before it can be reprogrammed to generate altered antibiotics. Based on a detailed HPLC-ESI-MS analysis of linear and cyclic peptide intermediates of balhimycin biosynthesis mutants, a new model for glycopeptide assembly is suggested (see figure). We propose that the three central oxidative cyclizations by P450-dependant monooxygenases occur during peptide assembly before cleavage from the nonribosomal peptide synthetase complex.

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