Biosynthesis of the antibiotic nonribosomal peptide penicillin in baker’s yeast
(2017)
Journal Article
Awan, A. R., Blount, B. A., Bell, D. J., Shaw, W. M., Ho, J. C., McKiernan, R. M., & Ellis, T. (2017). Biosynthesis of the antibiotic nonribosomal peptide penicillin in baker’s yeast. Nature Communications, 8, Article 15202. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15202
© The Author(s) 2017. Fungi are a valuable source of enzymatic diversity and therapeutic natural products including antibiotics. Here we engineer the baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to produce and secrete the antibiotic penicillin, a beta-lact... Read More about Biosynthesis of the antibiotic nonribosomal peptide penicillin in baker’s yeast.