Biosynthesis of a thiamin antivitamin in clostridium botulinum

Abstract

Bacimethrin-derived 2′-methoxythiamin pyrophosphate inhibits microbial growth by disrupting metabolic pathways dependent on thiamin-utilizing enzymes. This study describes the discovery of the bacimethrin biosynthetic gene cluster of Clostridium botulinum A ATCC 19397 and in vitro reconstitution of bacimethrin biosynthesis from cytidine 5′-monophosphate. © 2014 American Chemical Society.