T Kuzuyama

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1 A 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase catalyzing the formation of 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate in an alternative nonmevalonate pathway for terpenoid biosynthesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998 3.86
2 An unusual isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase found in the mevalonate pathway gene cluster from Streptomyces sp. strain CL190. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001 2.00
3 Bioactive natural products with carbon-phosphorus bonds and their biosynthesis. Nat Prod Rep 1999 1.89
4 Analysis of the expression of CLA1, a gene that encodes the 1-deoxyxylulose 5-phosphate synthase of the 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol-4-phosphate pathway in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 2000 1.70
5 Protein purification and function assignment of the epoxidase catalyzing the formation of fosfomycin. J Am Chem Soc 2001 1.54
6 The ABBA family of aromatic prenyltransferases: broadening natural product diversity. Cell Mol Life Sci 2008 1.50
7 Cloning and nucleotide sequence of fosfomycin biosynthetic genes of Streptomyces wedmorensis. Mol Gen Genet 1995 1.23
8 Eubacterial diterpene cyclase genes essential for production of the isoprenoid antibiotic terpentecin. J Bacteriol 2001 1.22
9 Purification, characterization, and cloning of a eubacterial 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase, a key enzyme involved in biosynthesis of terpenoids. J Bacteriol 1999 1.21
10 The A-factor-binding protein of Streptomyces griseus negatively controls streptomycin production and sporulation. J Bacteriol 1990 1.15
11 A gene cluster for the mevalonate pathway from Streptomyces sp. Strain CL190. J Bacteriol 2000 1.13
12 Characterization of the fomA and fomB gene products from Streptomyces wedmorensis, which confer fosfomycin resistance on Escherichia coli. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2000 1.05
13 Nucleotide sequence of fortimicin KL1 methyltransferase gene isolated from Micromonospora olivasterospora, and comparison of its deduced amino acid sequence with those of methyltransferases involved in the biosynthesis of bialaphos and fosfomycin. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1995 1.02
14 Cloning of a gene cluster encoding enzymes responsible for the mevalonate pathway from a terpenoid-antibiotic-producing Streptomyces strain. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2001 1.00
15 Studies on the biosynthesis of fosfomycin. 2. Conversion of 2-hydroxypropyl-phosphonic acid to fosfomycin by blocked mutants of Streptomyces wedmorensis. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1991 0.97
16 Studies on the biosynthesis of terpenoid compounds produced by actinomycetes. 3. Biosynthesis of the isoprenoid side chain of novobiocin via the non-mevalonate pathway in Streptomyces niveus. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1998 0.93
17 Cloning of the gene encoding 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase from terpenoid antibiotic-producing Streptomyces strains. Mol Gen Genet 2000 0.92
18 Sequence of a P-methyltransferase-encoding gene isolated from a bialaphos-producing Streptomyces hygroscopicus. Gene 1995 0.90
19 Production of prenylated flavonoids in tomato fruits expressing a prenyltransferase gene from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2010 0.86
20 Fosfomycin monophosphate and fosfomycin diphosphate, two inactivated fosfomycin derivatives formed by gene products of fomA and fomB from a fosfomycin producing organism Streptomyces wedmorensis. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1996 0.83
21 New approach to multiply deuterated isoprenoids using triply engineered Escherichia coli and its potential as a tool for mechanistic enzymology. J Am Chem Soc 2001 0.79
22 Thiopeptide non-producing Streptomyces species carry the tipA gene: a clue to its function. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2001 0.78
23 Studies on new antitumor antibiotics, leptofuranins A, B, C and D.I. Taxonomy, fermentation, isolation and biological activities. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1996 0.77