Genetic Basis for the Biosynthesis of the Pharmaceutically Important Class of Epoxyketone Proteasome Inhibitors

October 2013

Authors:
Michelle Schorn, Judith Zettler, Joseph P. Noel, Pieter C. Dorrestein, Bradley S. Moore, and Leonard Kaysser

Info:
Scientists from California and Germany teamed up to study genes that encode for the biosynthesis of an important component of certain proteasome inhibitors used for cancer treatment. The Ion PGM was used to sequence gene clusters in two microbial strains, reporting the first successful characterization of a region producing natural peptidyl-epoxyketones. For this project, libraries were prepared from genomic DNA sheared to 100 bp to 250 bp, after which sequencing material was separated and extracted using Pippin Prep.

Citation:
ACS Chem. Biol. October 2013

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cb400699p

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