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Biosynthesis, 2000
Aromatic Polyketides, Isoprenoids, Alkaloids
Topics in Current Chemistry Series, Vol. 209
Coordinators: Leeper Finian J., Vederas John C.
Language: EnglishSubjects for Biosynthesis:
Biosynthesis: aromatic polyketides, isoprenoids, alkaloids (paperback) previously published in hardcover (series: topics in current chemistry)
Publication date: 12-2010
247 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 12-2010
247 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
Topics in current chemistry vol 209: biosynthesis
Publication date: 03-2000
247 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm
Publication date: 03-2000
247 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm
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This book is the second of two volumes that deal with discovery of chemical pathways of biosynthesis of natural products (secondary metabolites). The first volume covered the use of isotopes in biosynthetic research and the formation of enzyme cofactors and reduced polyketides. This second volume describes biosynthesis of aromatic (unreduced) polyketides, enzymes responsible for cyclization of terpenoids (isoprenoids), and biochemical generation of selected classes of alkaloids (prenylated tryptophan, tropane, pyrrolizidine). Knowledge of the pathways and the techniques to elucidate them opens the door to combinatorial biosynthesis as well as to the production of targeted pharmaceutical agents utilizing a combination of chemistry, molecular biology and protein biochemistry.
Biosynthesis of Aromatic Polyketides.- Cyclization Enzymes in the Biosynthesis of Monoterpenes, Sesquiterpenes, and Diterpenes.- Biosynthesis of Prenylated Alkaloids Derived from Tryptophan.- Tropane and Related Alkaloids.- Biosynthesis and Metabolism of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Plants and Specialized Insect Herbivores.
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