Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine

Publications

2020

  1. Musiol-Kroll, E.-M, and W. Wohlleben. 2020. Maßgeschneiderte Polyketidsynthasen zur Herstellung von Polyketid-Derivaten. 2020. BIOspektrum 04.20:437-439.
  2. Wolański, M. M. Krawiec, P.N. Schwarz, E. Stegmann, W. Wohlleben, A. Buchmann, H. Gross, M. Eitel, P. Koch, A. Botas, C. Méndez, L.E. Núñez, F. Morís, J. Cortés and J. Zakrzewska-Czerwińska. 2020. LysRNt: A novel regulator involved in the biosynthesis of the immunosuppressant natural product brasilicardin. Eng. Life Sci. 2020, 1-15
  3. Edenhart, S., M. Denneler, M. Spohn, E. Doskocil, M. Kavscek, T. Amon, G. Kosec, J. Smole, B. Bardl, M. Biermann, M. Roth, W. Wohlleben, and E. Stegmann. 2020. Metabolic engineering of Amycolatopsis japonicum for optimized production of [S,S]-EDDS, a biodegradable chelator. Metabol. Engineer. 60:148-156.

2019

  1. Vollmer, B., N. Steblau, N. Ladwig, S. Sigle, C. Mayer, B. Macek, L. Mitousis, A. Walter, W. Wohlleben, and G. Muth. 2019. Role of the Streptomyces spore wall synthesizing complex SSSC in differentiation of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). IJMM 309: 151332.
  2. Unsleber, S., W. Wohlleben, and E. Stegmann. 2019. Diversity of peptidoglycan structure – Modifications and their physiological role in resistance in antibiotic producers. IJMM 309: 151327.
  3. Schafhauser, T., L. Jahn, N. Kirchner, A. Kulik, M.M. Huijbers, L. Flor, T. Caradec, D.P. Fewer, K. Sivonen, W.J.H. van Berkel, P. Jacques, T. Weber, H. Gross, K.-H. van Pée, W. Wohlleben and J. Ludwig-Müller. 2019. Production of antitumor astins by the endophyte Cyanodermella asteris isolated from the medicinal plant Aster tataricus.  PNAS 116:26909-26917.
  4. Yushchuk, O., L. Horbal, B. Ostash, F. Marinelli, W. Wohlleben, E. Stegmann, and V. Fedorenko. 2019. Regulation of teicoplanin biosynthesis: refining the roles of tei cluster-situated regulatory genes. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 103:4089-4102.
  5. Krysenko, S., A. Matthews, N. Okoniewski, A. Kulik, M.G. Girbas, O. Tsypik, C.S. Meyners, F. Hausch, W. Wohlleben, and A. Bera. 2019. Initial Metabolic Step of a Novel Ethanolamine Utilization Pathway and Its Regulation in Streptomyces coelicolor M145. mBio, 10. pii: e00326-19.
  6. Vassaux, A., C. Tarayre, A. Arguëlles-Arias, P. Compère, F. Delvigne, P. Fickers, L. Jahn, A. Lang, V. Leclère, J. Ludwig-Müller, M. Ongena, T. Schafhauser, S.l. Telek, A. Théatre, W.J.H. van Berkel, M. Vandenbol, K.-H. van Pée, L. Willems, W. Wohlleben, P. Jacques. 2019. Astin C production by the endophytic fungus Cyanodermella asteris in planktonic and immobilized culture conditions. Biotech. J.: e1800624.
  7. Krause, J., S. Ratnakomala, P. Lisdiyanti, R. Ort-Winklbauer, W. Wohlleben, and Y. Mast. 2019. Complete Genome Sequence of the Putative Phosphonate Producer Streptomyces sp. I6 isolated from Indonesian Mangrove Sediment. Microbiol. Resour. Announce. 8. pii: e01580-18.

2018

  1. Handayani, I., S. Ratnakomala, P. Lisdiyanti, F. Fahrurrozi, W. Kusharyoto, M. Alanjary, R. Ort-Winklbauer, A. Kulik, W. Wohlleben, and Y. Mast. 2018. Complete Genome Sequence of Streptomyces sp. Strain SHP22-7, a New Species isolated from Mangrove of Enggano Island, Indonesia. Microbiol. Resour. Announce. 7. pii: e01317-18.
  2. Musiol-Kroll, E.M., and W. Wohlleben. 2018. Acyltransferases as Tools for Polyketide Synthase Engineering. Antibiotics 7. pii: E62.
  3. Aziz, Y. Mast, W. Wohlleben, and H. Gross. 2018. Draft Genome Sequence of the Pristinamycin-Producing Strain Streptomyces sp. SW4, Isolated from Soil in Nusa Kambangan, Indonesia. Microbiol. Resour. Announce. 7. pii: e00912-18.
  4. Hofeditz, T., C. Unsin, J. Wiese, J.F. Imhoff, W. Wohlleben, S. Grond, and T. Weber. 2018. Isolation and purification of lysoquinone TH1, a new polyphenolic tridecaketide produced by expressing the lysolipin minimal PKSII in Streptomyces albus. Antibiotics 2018, 7. pii: E53
  5. Handayani, I., S. Ratnakomala, P. Lisdiyanti, F. Fahrurrozi, M. Alanjary, W. Wohlleben, and Y. Mast. 2018. Complete Genome Sequence of Streptomyces sp. Strain BSE7F, a Bali Mangrove Sediment Actinobacterium with Antimicrobial Activities. Genome Announcements 6(26). pii: e00618-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00618-18.
  6. Blin, K., W. Wohlleben, and T. Weber. 2018. PatScanUI: An intuitive web interface for searching patterns in DNA and Protein data. Nucleic Acids Res. 46(W1):W205-W208.
  7. Robertsen, H.L., E.M. Musiol-Kroll, L. Ding, K.J. Laiple, T. Hofeditz, W. Wohlleben, S.Y. Lee, S. Grond, and T. Weber. 2018. Filling the Gaps in the Kirromycin Biosynthesis: Deciphering the Role of Genes Involved in Ethylmalonyl-CoA Supply and Tailoring Reactions. Sci. Reports 8: 3230.
  8. Spohn, M., S. Edenhart, M. Alanjary, N. Ziemert, D. Wibberg, J. Kalinowski, T. Niedermeyer, E. Stegmann, and W. Wohlleben. 2018. Identification of a unique aminoploycarboxylic acid siderophore gene cluster and its product by an in silico approach. Metallomics, in press
  9. Schwarz, P.N., L.Roller, W. Wohlleben, A. Kulik and E. Stegmann. 2018. Engineering metabolic pathways in Amycolatopsis japonicum for the optimization of the precursor supply for heterologous brasilicardin congeners production. Synth. Syst. Biotechnol. 3:56-63.
  10. Schwarz, P.N., A. Buchmann, L. Roller, A. Kulik, H. Gross, W. Wohlleben, and E. Stegmann. 2018. The immunosuppressant brasilicardin: Determination of the biosynthetic gene cluster in the heterologous host Amycolatopsis japonicum. Biotechnol. J., 2018, 13, 1700527.

2017

  1. Wohlleben, W., A. Bera, Y. Mast, and E. Stegmann. 2017. Regulation of Secondary Metabolites of Actinobacteria in “Biology and Biotechnology of Actinobacteria" Eds. J. Wink, F. Mohammadipanah, J. Hamedi, Springer Int. Publishing, pp. 181- 232.
  2. Meng, J., R. Feng, G. Zheng, M. Ge, Y. Mast, W. Wohlleben, J. Gao, W. Jiang, and Y. Lu. 2017. Improvement of pristinamycin I (PI) production in Streptomyces pristinaespiralis by metabolic engineering approaches. Synth. Syst. Biotechnol. 2:130-136.
  3. Jahn, L.*, T. Schafhauser*, D. Wibberg*, C. Rückert, A. Winkler, A. Kulik, T. Weber, L. Flor, K.-H. van Pée, J. Kalinowski, J. Ludwig-Müller, and W. Wohlleben. 2017. Linking secondary metabolites to biosynthesis genes in the fungal endophyte Cyanodermella asteris: The anti-cancer bisanthraquinone skyrin. J. Biotechnol. 257:233-239.
  4. Schmidt, K., J. Schmidtke, Y. Mast, E. Waldvogel, W. Wohlleben, F. Klemke, W. Lockau, T. Hausmann, M. Hühns, and I. Broer. 2017. Comparative statistical component analysis of transgenic, cyanophycin producing potatoes in greenhouse and field trials. Transgenic Res. 26:529-539.
  5. Kittilä, T., C. Kittel, J. Tailhades, D. Butz, M. Schoppet, A. Büttner, R.J.A. Goode, R.B. Schittenhelm, K.-H. van Pée, R.D. Süßmuth, W. Wohlleben, M.J. Cryle, and E. Stegmann. 2017. Halogenation of glycopeptide antibiotic biosynthesis occurs at the amino acid level during non-ribosomal peptide synthesis. Chem. Sci. 8:5992-6004.
  6. Tsypik, O., R. Makitrynskyy, A. Bera, L. Song, W. Wohlleben, L. Fedorenko, and B. Ostash. 2017. Role of GntR Family Regulatory Gene SCO1678 in Gluconate Metabolism in Streptomyces coelicolor M145. BioMed Research International 2017, ID 9529501.
  7. Krysenko, S., N. Okoniewski, A. Kulik, A. Matthews, J. Grimpo, W. Wohlleben, and A. Bera. 2017. Gamma-glutamylpolyamine synthetase GlnA3 is involved in the first step of polyamine degradation pathway in Streptomyces coelicolor M145. Front. Microbiol. 8:726.
  8. Jahn, L., T. Schafhauser, S. Pan, T. Weber, W. Wohlleben, D.P. Fewer, K. Sivonen, L. Flor, K.-H. van Pée, T. Caradec, P. Jacques, M.M.E. Huijbers, W.J.H. van Berkel, and J. Ludwig-Müller. 2017. Cyanodermella asteris sp. nov. (Ostropales) from the inflorescence axis of Aster tataricus. . Mycotaxon 132: 107–123.
  9. Musiol-Kroll, E.M., F. Zubeil, T. Schafhauser, T. Härtner, A. Kulik, J. McArthur, I. Koryakina, W. Wohlleben, S. Grond, G. Williams, S.Y. Lee, and T. Weber. 2017. Polyketide bioderivatization using the promiscuous acyltransferase KirCII. ACS Synth. Biol. 6:421-427.

2016

  1. Buchmann, A., M. Eitel, P. Koch, P.N. Schwarz, E. Stegmann, W. Wohlleben, M. Wolanski, M. Krawiec, J. Zakrzewska-Czerwinska, C. Méndez, A. Botas, L.E. Núnez, F. Moris, J Cortés, and H. Gross. 2016. High-Quality Draft Genome Sequence of the Actinobacterium Nocardia terpenica IFM 0406, Producer of the Immunosuppressant Brasilicardins, Using Illumina and PacBio Technologies. Genome Announcement 4:e01391-16.
  2. Amin, R., M. Franz-Wachtel, Y. Tiffert, M. Heberer, M. Meky, Y. Ahmed, A. Matthews, S. Krysenko, M. Jacobi, M. Hinder, J. Moore, N. Okoniewski, B. Macek, W. Wohlleben, and A. Bera. 2016. Post-translational serine/threonine phosphorylation and lysine acetylation: a novel regulatory aspect of the global nitrogen response regulator GlnR in Streptomyces coelicolor M145. Front. Microbiol. 3:38. eCollection 2016.
  3. Wohlleben, W., Y. Mast, E. Stegmann, and N. Ziemert. 2016. Antibiotic Drug Discovery. Microbial. Biotechnol. 9:541-548.
  4. Sigle, S., N. Steblau, W. Wohlleben, and G. Muth. 2016. A toolbox to measure changes in the cell wall glycopolymer composition during differentiation of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). J. Microb. Meth. 128:52-57.
  5. Kilian, R., H.-J. Frasch, A. Kulik, W. Wohlleben, and E. Stegmann, 2016. The VanRS homologous two component system VlnRS of the glycopeptide producer Amycolatopsis balhimycina activates transcription of the vanHAX genes in Streptomyces coelicolor, but not in A. balhimycina. Microb. Drug Resist. 22:499-509.
  6. Sigle, S., N. Steblau, W. Wohlleben, and G. Muth. 2016. The polydiglycosylphosphate transferase PdtA (SCO2578) of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) is crucial for proper sporulation and apical tip extension under stress conditions. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 82:5661-5672.
  7. Schafhauser T., N. Kirchner, A. Kulik, M.M.E. Huijbers, L. Flor, W.J.H. van Berkel, T. Caradec, D.P. Fewer, H. Gross, P. Jacques, L. Jan, J. Jokela, J. Ludwig-Müller, K. Sivonen, T. Weber, W. Wohlleben, and K.-H. van Pée. 2016. The cyclochlorotine mycotoxin is produced by the CctN nonribosomal peptide synthetase in Talaromyces islandicus („Penicillium islandicum“). Environ. Microbiol. 18:3728-3741.
  8. Spohn, M., W. Wohlleben, and E. Stegmann. 2016. The zincophore ethylenediamine-disuccinate (EDDS): A new way to identify biosynthetic genes. Environ. Microbiol. 18:1249-63.
  9. Pozzi, R., M. Cole, D. Linke, A. Kulik, M. Nega, W. Wohlleben, and E. Stegmann. 2016. Distinct mechanisms contribute to immunity in the lantibiotic NAI-107 producer strain Microbispora ATCC PTA-5024, Environ. Microbiol. 18:118-32.
  10. Iftime, D., A. Kulik, T. Härtner, S. Rohrer, E. Stegmann, T. Niedermeyer, T. Weber, and W. Wohlleben. 2016. Identification and activation of novel biosynthetic gene clusters by genome mining in the kirromycin producer Streptomyces collinus Tü365. J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 43:277-291.

2015

  1. Iftime, D., A. Kulik, M. Jasyk, R. Süssmuth, W. Wohlleben, and T. Weber. 2015. Streptocollin, the first type IV lanthipeptide produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces collinus Tü 365. ChemBioChem 16:2615-23.
  2. Medema, M.H., R. Kottmann, P. Yilmaz, M. Cummings, J.B. Biggins, K. Blin, I. de Bruijn, Y.H. Chooi, J. Claesen, R.C. Coates, P. Cruz-Morales, S. Duddela, S. Düsterhus, D.J. EdwardsJ, D.P. Fewer, N. Garg, C. Geiger, J.P. Gomez-Escribano, A. Greule, M. Hadjithomas, A.S. Haines, E.J. HelfrichJ, M.L. Hillwig, K. Ishida, A.C. Jones, C.S. Jones, K. Jungmann, C. Kegler, H.U. Kim, P. Kötter, D. Krug, J. Masschelein, A.V. Melnik, S.M. Mantovani, E.A. Monroe, M. Moore, N. Moss, H.W. Nützmann, G. Pan, A. Pati, D. Petras, F.J. Reen, F. Rosconi, Z. Rui, Z. Tian, N.J. Tobias, Y. Tsunematsu, P. Wiemann, E. Wyckoff, X. Yan, G. Yim, F. Yu, Y. Xie, B. Aigle, K.A. Apel, C.J. Balibar, E.P. Balskus, F. Barona-Gómez, A. Bechthold, H.B. Bode, R. Borriss, S.F. Brady, A.A. Brakhage, P. Caffrey, Y.Q. Cheng, J. Clardy, R.J. Cox, R. De Mot, S. Donadio, M.S. Donia, W.A. van der Donk, P.C. Dorrestein, S. Doyle, A.J. Driessen, M. Ehling-Schulz, K.D. Entian, M.A. Fischbach, L. Gerwick, W.H. Gerwick, H. Gross, B. Gust, C. Hertweck, M. Höfte, S.E: Jensen, J. Ju, L. Katz, L. Kaysser, J.L. Klassen, N.P. Keller, J. Kormanec, O.P. Kuipers, T. Kuzuyama, N.C. Kyrpides, H.J. Kwon, S. Lautru, R. Lavigne, C.Y. Lee, B. Linquan, X. Liu, W. Liu, A. Luzhetskyy, T. Mahmud, Y. Mast, C. Méndez, M. Metsä-Ketelä, J. Micklefield, D.A. Mitchell, B.S. Moore, L.M. Moreira, R. Müller, B.A. Neilan, M. Nett, J. Nielsen, F. O'Gara, H. Oikawa, A. Osbourn, M.S. Osburne, B. Ostash, S.M. Payne, J.L. Pernodet, M. Petricek, J. Piel, O. Ploux, J.M. Raaijmakers, J.A. Salas, E.K. Schmitt, B. Scott, R.F. Seipke RF, B. Shen, D.H. Sherman, K. Sivonen, M.J. Smanski, M. Sosio, E. Stegmann, R.D. Süssmuth, K. Tahlan, C.M. Thomas, Y. Tang, A.W. Truman, M. Viaud, J.D. Walton, C.T. Walsh, T. Weber, G.P. van Wezel, B. Wilkinson, J.M. Willey, W. Wohlleben, G.D. Wright, N. Ziemert, C. Zhang, S.B. Zotchev, R. Breitling, E. Takano, F.O. Glöckner. 2015. Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene Cluster. Nat. Chem. Biol. 11:625-631.
  3. Schafhauser, T., D. Wibberg, C. Rückert, A. Winkler, L. Flor, K.-H. van Pée, D. P. Fewer, K. Sivonen, L. Jahn, J. Ludwig-Müller, T. Caradec, P. Jacques, M.M.E. Huijbers, W.J.H. van Berkel, T. Weber, W. Wohlleben, and J. Kalinowski. 2015. Draft genome sequence of Talaromyces islandicus ("Penicillium islandicum") WF-38-12, a neglected mold with significant biotechnological potential. J. Biotechnol. 211:101-102.
  4. Ladwig, N., F. Hezel, M. Franz-Wachtel, B. Soufi, B. Macek, W. Wohlleben, and G. Muth. 2015. Control of morphological differentiation of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) by phosphorylation of MreC and PBP2. PLoS ONE 10:e0125425.
  5. Weber, T., K. Blin, S. Duddela, D. Krug, H.U. Kim, R. Bruccoleri, S.Y. Lee, M.A. Fischbach, R. Müller, W. Wohlleben, R. Breitling, E. Takano, and M.H. Medema. 2015. antiSMASH3.0 – A comprehensive resource for the genome mining of biosynthetic gene clusters. Nucleic Acids Res. 43(W1):W237-43.
  6. Braun, V., F. Götz, J.E. Schultz, and W. Wohlleben. 2015. Editorial: The bacterial cell envelope: Structure, function, and infection interface. Int. J. Med. Microbiol. 305:175-177.
  7. Sigle, S., N. Ladwig, W. Wohlleben, and G. Muth. 2015. Synthesis of the spore envelope in the developmental life cycle of Streptomyces coelicolor. Int. J. Med. Microbiol. 305:183-189.

2014

  1. Stegmann, E., M. Spohn, H. Gert, T. Weber, W. Wohlleben, J. Kalinowski, and C. Rückert. 2014. Complete Genome Sequence of the Actinobacterium Amycolatopsis japonica MG417-CF17T (=DSM 44213T) producing (S,S)-N,N'-ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid. J.Biotechnol. 189C:46-47.
  2. Spohn, M., N. Kirchner, A. Kulik, A. Jochim, F. Wolf, P. Muenzer, O. Borst, H. Gross, W. Wohlleben, and E. Stegmann. 2014. Overproduction of ristomycin A by activation of a silent gene cluster in Amycolatopsis japonicum MG417-CF17. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 58:6185-96.
  3. Blin, K., D. Kazempour, W. Wohlleben, and T. Weber. 2014. Improved Lanthipeptide Detection and Prediction for antiSMASH. PLoS One 9:e89420.
  4. Michta, E., W. Ding, S. Zhu, K. Blin, H. Ruan, R. Wang, W. Wohlleben, and Y. Mast. 2014. Proteomic approach to reveal the regulatory function of aconitase AcnA in oxidative stress response in the antibiotic producer Streptomyces viridochromogenes Tü494. PLoS ONE 9:e87905.
  5. Mast, Y., and W. Wohlleben. 2014. Streptogramins - Two are better than one! Int. J. Med. Microbiol. 304:44-50.

2013

  1. Rückert, C., R. Szczepanowski, A. Albersmeier, A. Goesmann, D. Iftime, E.-M. Musiol, K. Blin, W. Wohlleben, A. Pühler, J. Kalinowski, and T. Weber. 2013. Complete genome sequence of the kirromycin producer Streptomyces collinus Tü 365 consisting of a linear chromosome and two linear plasmids. J. Biotechnol. 168:739-40.
  2. Musiol, E.-M., A. Greule, T. Härtner, W. Wohlleben, and T. Weber. 2013. The AT2 Domain of KirCI Loads Malonyl Extender Units to the ACPs of the Kirromycin PKS. ChemBioChem 14:1343-52.
  3. Wang, R., H. Zhu, G. Zheng, Y. Mast, S. Yang, W. Wohlleben, Y. Lu, and W. Jiang. 2013. Identification of two-component system AfsQ1/Q2 regulon and its cross-regulation with GlnR in Streptomyces coelicolor. Mol. Microbiol. 87:30–48.
  4. Sola-Landa, A., A. Rodríguez-García, R. Amin, W. Wohlleben, and J.F. Martín. 2013. Competition between the GlnR and PhoP regulators for the glnA and amtB promoters in Streptomyces coelicolor. Nucleic Acids Res. 41:1767-82.

1979 - 2012

  1. Michta, E., K. Schad, K. Blin, R. Ort-Winklbauer, M. Röttig, O. Kohlbacher, W. Wohlleben, E. Schinko, and Y. Mast. 2012. The bifunctional role of aconitase in Streptomyces viridochromogenes Tü494. Environ. Microbiol. 14:3203-2319.

  2. Wohlleben, W., Y. Mast, G. Muth, M. Röttgen, E. Stegmann, and T. Weber. 2012. Synthetic Biology of Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis in Actinomycetes: Engineering Precursor Supply as a Way to Optimize Antibiotic production. FEBS Lett. 586:2171-2176.

  3. Iqbal, M., Y. Mast, R. Amin, D. Hodgson, STREAM consortium, W. Wohlleben, and N. Burroughs. 2012. Extracting regulator activity profiles by integration of de novo motif search and expression data: characterising the key regulators in the metabolic switch of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Nucleic Acids Res. 40:5227-5239.
  4. Amin, R., J. Reuther, A. Bera, W. Wohlleben, and Y. Mast. 2012. The novel GlnR-target gene nnaR is involved in nitrate/nitrite assimilation in Streptomyces coelicolor. Microbiology 158:1172-1182.
  5. Vongsangnak, W., L.F. Figueiredo, J. Förster, T. Weber, J. Thykaer, E. Stegmann, W. Wohlleben, and J. Nielsen. .2012. Genome-Scale Metabolic Representation of Amycolatopsis balhimycina. Biotechnol Bioeng. 109:1798-1807.
  6. Thomas, L., D.A. Hodgson, A. Wentzel, K. Nieselt, T.E. Ellingsen, J. Moore, E.R. Morrissey, R. Legaie, The STREAM Consortium, W. Wohlleben, A. Rodriguez-Garcia, J.F. Martín, N.J. Burroughs, E.M.H. Wellington, and M.C.M. Smith. 2012. Metabolic switches and adaptations deduced from the proteomes of Streptomyces coelicolor wild type and phoP mutant grown in batch culture. Mol. Cell. Proteomics. 11:M111.013797.
  7. Waldvogel, E., A. Herbig, F. Battke, R. Amin, M. Nentwich, K. Nieselt, T.E. Ellingsen, A. Wentzel, D.A. Hodgson, W. Wohlleben, and Y. Mast. 2011. The PII protein GlnK is a pleiotropic regulator for morphological differentiation and secondary metabolism in Streptomyces coelicolor. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 92:1219-1236.
  8. Kleinschnitz, E.-M., A. Latus, S. Sigle, I. Maldener, W. Wohlleben, and G. Muth. 2011. Genetic Analysis of SCO2997, Encoding a TagF Homologue, Indicates a Role for Wall Teichoic Acids in Sporulation of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). J. Bacteriol. 193: 6080-6085.
  9. Pavlidou, M., E. Pross, E.-M. Musiol, A. Kulik, W. Wohlleben, and T. Weber. 2011. The phosphopantetheinyl transferase KirP activates the ACP and PCP domains of the kirromycin NRPS/PKS of Streptomyces collinus Tü 365. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 319:26-33.
  10. Vogelmann, J., M. Ammelburg, C. Finger, J. Guezguez, D. Linke, Y. Stierhof, W. Wohlleben, and G. Muth. 2011. Conjugal plasmid transfer by a chromosome segregation mechanism. EMBO J. 30:2246-2254.
  11. Schäberle, T., W. Vollmer, H.-J. Frasch, S. Hüttel, M. Röttgen, A.-K. von Thaler, W. Wohlleben, and E. Stegmann. 2011. Self-resistance and cell wall composition in the glycopeptide producer Amycolatopsis balhimycina. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 55:4283-4289.
  12. Musiol, E.-M., T. Härtner, A. Kulik, J. Moldenhauer, J. Piel, W. Wohlleben, and T. Weber. 2011. Supramolecular templating in kirromycin biosynthesis: the acyltransferase KirCII loads ethylmalonyl-CoA extender onto a specific ACP of the trans-AT PKS. Chem. Biol. 18:438-444.
  13. Tiffert, Y., M. Franz-Wachtel, J. Madlung, C. Fladerer, A. Nordheim, J. Reuther, W. Wohlleben, and Y. Mast. 2011. Proteomic analysis of the GlnR-mediated response to nitrogen limitation in Streptomyces coelicolor M145. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 89:1149-1159.
  14. Mast, Y., W. Wohlleben, and E. Schinko. 2011. Identification and Functional Characterization of Phenylglycine Biosynthetic Genes Involved in Pristinamycin Biosynthesis in Streptomyces pristinaespiralis. J. Biotechnol. 155: 63-67.
  15. Kleinschnitz, E.-M., A. Heichlinger, K. Schirner, J. Winkler, A. Latus, I. Maldener, W. Wohlleben, and G. Muth. 2011. Proteins encoded by the mre gene cluster in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) co-operate in spore wall synthesis. Mol. Microbiol. 79:1367-1379.
  16. Heichlinger, A., M. Ammelburg, E.-M. Kleinschnitz, A. Latus, I. Maldener, K. Flärdh, W. Wohlleben, and G. Muth. 2011. The MreB-like Mbl protein of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) depends on MreB for proper localization and contributes to spore wall synthesis. J. Bacteriol. 193:1533-1542.
  17. Wohlleben, W., Y. Mast, and J. Reuther. 2011. Regulation of Nitrogen Assimilation in Streptomycetes and other Actinobacteria. p. 125-136. In Streptomyces Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. P. Dyson, ed., Caister Academic Press, Norfolk, UK.
  18. Vogelmann, J., W. Wohlleben, and G. Muth. 2011. Streptomyces conjugative genetic elements. P. 27-42. In Streptomyces Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. P. Dyson, ed., Caister Academic Press, Norfolk, UK.
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