Streptomyces rimosus
Streptomyces rimosus is a bacterium species in the genus Streptomyces.
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S. rimosus paromomycinus | |
Uses
The antibiotics oxytetracycline and tetracycline are produced in cultures of S. rimosus. Paromomycin has also been isolated from cultures of S. rimosus.
Polyketide synthesis
S. rimosus's oxytetracycline polyketide synthase acyl carrier protein differs from most ACPs by having a C-terminus extension.[1]
References
- White, Stephen W.; Zheng, Jie; Zhang, Yong-Mei; Rock, Charles O. (2005). "The Structural Biology of Type II Fatty Acid Biosynthesis". Annual Review of Biochemistry. Annual Reviews. 74 (1): 791–831. doi:10.1146/annurev.biochem.74.082803.133524. ISSN 0066-4154. PMID 15952903. (COR ORCID 0000-0001-8648-4189).
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