Structure elucidation of colibactin and its DNA cross-links
Xue M, Kim CS, Healy AR, Wernke KM, Wang Z, Frischling MC, Shine EE, Wang W, Herzon SB, Crawford JM. Structure elucidation of colibactin and its DNA cross-links. Science 2019, 365 PMID: 31395743, PMCID: PMC6820679, DOI: 10.1126/science.aax2685.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsColibactin-producing bacteriaCell biology dataColibactin gene clusterCombination of geneticsComplex secondary metabolitesGene clusterIsotope labelingSecondary metabolitesBiology dataColibactinHuman gutTandem mass spectrometryBacteriaPhysiological effectsMass spectrometryStructure elucidationGutGeneticsDNAEnzymeChemical synthesisEscherichiaElucidationMetabolitesLabeling