aa

amino acid

aa-tRNA

aminoacyl-transfer RNA

ABC transporter

ATP-binding cassette transporter

ACS medium

sucrose-ammonium citrate medium

Ap

ampicillin

APS

ammoniumpersulfate

ATP

adenosine-5'-triphosphate

BSA

Bovine Serum Albumin

cpm

counts per minute

DIG

digoxigenin

FAS

fatty acid synthase

Fig.

figure

h

hours

IM-HK

intramembrane-sensing histidine kinases

IPTG

isopropyl β-D-thiogalactoside

Km

kanamycin

LB

Luria-Broth

MALDI-TOF MS

matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry

min

minutes

mRNA

messenger RNA

MS

mass spectrometry

MU

Miller units

NRPS

nonribosomal peptide synthetase

OD

optical density

ORF

open reading frame

P_bmy, P_yczE

promoter of the bmy operon, promoter of yczE

PCR

polymerase chain reaction

PKS

polyketide synthase

4'-PP cofactor

4'-phosphopantetheine cofactor

PPi

pyrophosphate

4'-PPTase

4'-phosphopantetheinyl transferase

Rap

response regulator aspartate phosphatase

rpm

rounds per minute

SDS

Sodiumdodecylsulfate

sec

seconds

TCS

two-component regulatory system

T_den, T_anneal, T_ext

denaturating, annealing and extension temperature

TEMED

N,N,N,N-Tetramethylethylendiamine

TRP

tetratricopeptide

X-Gal

5-Bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside

Abbreviations for domains present on NRPSs, FASs and PKSs

A

Adenylation

ACP

acyl carrier protein

AT

Acyltransferase

C

Condensation

C-MT

C-Methyltransferase

Cy

Heterocyclization

DH

β-hydroxyacyl-ACP dehydratase

E

epimerization

ER

enoyl-ACP reductase

KR

ketoacyl-ACP reductase

KS

keto synthase

N-MT

N-Methyltransferase

PCP

peptidyl carrier protein

T

thiolation

TE

thioesterase

TE II

thioesterase II