Elucidation of the Burkholderia cenocepacia hopanoid biosynthesis pathway uncovers functions for conserved proteins in hopanoid-producing bacteria

© 2014 Society for Applied Microbiology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Hopanoids are bacterial surrogates of eukaryotic membrane sterols and among earth's most abundant natural products. Their molecular fossils remain in sediments spanning more than a billion years. However, hopanoid metabolism...

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Main Authors: Schmerk, C., Welander, P., Hamad, M., Bain, K., Bernards, M., Summons, Roger, Valvano, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35311