Meanings
nounmedermycin (uncountable)
- uncountableA particular biosynthetic gene cluster of Streptomyces
In the present study, we reported the functional characterization of a proposed ketoreductase Med-ORF12 encoded by medermycin biosynthetic cluster and revealed its involvement in the stereochemical control at C3 center of medermycin.
2015 July 11, “Functional Characterization of a Ketoreductase-Encoding Gene med -ORF12 Involved in the Formation of a Stereospecific Pyran Ring during the Biosynthesis of an Antitumor Antibiotic Medermycin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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