Swainsonine (SW) is a toxic alkaloid biosynthesized by the endophytic fungus Alternaria oxytropis in Oxytropis glabra. The biosynthetic pathway of SW is poorly understood. Saccharopine reductase/dehydrogenase of fungus plays an important role in this pathway. The gene knocked out mutant M1 in A.
Undifilum oxytropis is a fungal endophyte of locoweeds. It produces swainsonine, which is the principal toxic ingredient of locoweeds. However, the genes, pathways and mechanisms of swainsonine biosynthesis are not known. In this study, the genome of U. oxytropis was firstly sequenced and assembled
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