Supachai Vuttipongchaikij

Starter Unit Promiscuity of Dictyostelid Type III Polyketide Synthases Generates Diverse Acylphloroglucinols with Antimicrobial Activity

Abstract Cavenderia subdiscoidea and Cavenderia ungulata are dictyostelid social amoebae found in northern Thailand. Genomic analysis identified two type III polyketide synthase genes, designated cspks and cupks. Heterologous expression of both genes in Aspergillus oryzae NSAR1 y...