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Nature Chemical Biology 2, 511 - 512 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nchembio1006-511

Cyclization of natural products

Sarah E O'Connor1

  1. Sarah E. O'Connor is in the Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. e-mail: soc@mit.edu


Enzymatic cyclization of the linear polyketide chain to form a macrolactone is a key step in the biosynthesis of type I polyketide natural products. Structural biology and inhibitor design were used to gain insight into the mechanism and specificity of this enzymatic process.

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