Marine Enzymes and Specialized Metabolism - Part A

Section I: Marine Cyanobacteria, Enzymes and Pathways1. Collection, Culturing, and Genome Analyses of Tropical Marine Filamentous Benthic CyanobacteriaNathan A. Moss, Tiago Leao, Evgenia Glukhov, Lena Gerwick and William H. Gerwick2. PKS-NRPS Enzymology and Structural Biology: Considerations in Protein ProductionMeredith A. Skiba, Finn P. Maloney, Qingyun Dan, Amy E. Fraley, Courtney C. Aldrich, Janet L. Smith and W. Clay Brown3. Terminal Alkyne Biosynthesis in Marine MicrobesXuejun Zhu and Wenjun Zhang4. The Biochemistry and Structural Biology of Cyanobactin Biosynthetic EnzymesWenjia Gu, Shi-Hui Dong, Snigdha Sarkar, Satish K. Nair and Eric W. Schmidt5. The Enzymology of Prochlorosin BiosynthesisSilvia C. Bobeica and Wilfred A. van der Donk Section II: Biosynthesis by Bacterial Symbionts of Marine Invertebrate Animals6. Chemoenzymatic Dissection of Polyketide ß-Branching in the Bryostatin PathwaySamuel T. Slocum, Andrew N. Lowell, Ashootosh N. Tripathi, Vikram V. Shende, Janet L. Smith and David H. Sherman7. Radical S-Adenosylmethionine Peptide Epimerases: Detection of Activity and Characterization of d-Amino Acid ProductsBrandon I. Morinaka, Anna L. Vagstad and Jörn Piel8. Cobalamin-Dependent C-Methyltransferases From Marine Microbes: Accessibility via Rhizobia ExpressionMichael F. Freeman9. Biosynthetic Insights of Calyculin- and Misakinolide-Type Compounds in "Candidatus Entotheonella sp."Agustinus R. Uria, Jörn Piel and Toshiyuki Wakimoto Section III: Natural Product Biosynthetic Enzymology of Marine Bacteria and Fungi10. Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Starting Materials and Characterization of Halogenases Requiring Acyl Carrier Protein-Tethered SubstratesHem R. Thapa, Andrew J. Lail, Neha Garg and Vinayak Agarwal11. Preparation, Assay, and Application of Chlorinase SalL for the Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of S-Adenosyl-L-Methionine and AnalogsTony D. Davis, Sylvia Kunakom, Michael D. Burkart and Alessandra S. Eustaquio12. In Vitro Analysis of Cyanobacterial Nonheme Iron-Dependent Aliphatic Halogenases WelO5 and AmbO5Xinyu Liu13. Characterization and Biochemical Assays of Streptomyces Vanadium-Dependent ChloroperoxidasesShaun M.K. McKinnie, Zachary D. Miles and Bradley S. Moore14. Unusual "Head-to-Torso" Coupling of Terpene Precursors as a New Strategy for the Structural Diversification of Natural ProductsRobin Teufel15. Identification of Enzymes Involved in Sesterterpene Biosynthesis in Marine FungiJingjing Yan, Jingjing Guo, Wei Yuan, Wanying Mai and Kui Hong16. Assaying Oxidative Coupling Activity of CYP450 EnzymesVinayak Agarwal17. Preparation and Characterization of the Favorskiiase Flavoprotein EncM and Its Distinctive Flavin-N5-Oxide CofactorRobin Teufel