Methods for altering polyketide synthase genes

摘要

Ketoreductase (KR) domains of modular polyketide synthase (PKS) enzymes can be inactivated by one or more point mutations in the domain. Replacement or insertion of a KR domain can be used to introduce a cis or trans double bond into a polyketide by appropriate selection or inactivation of the type of KR domain that codes for a particular stereochemical configuration of a hydroxyl moiety. Inactivation of a DH domain can be used to produce a polyketide having a hydroxyl moiety with a desired stereochemical configuration.