A Berberine Bridge Enzyme-like Oxidase Mediates the Cage-like Acresorbicillinol C Biosynthesis

Shiyuan Wang1,2, Min Wang3, Chengbao Duan1,2

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.

Organic Letters
|January 12, 2024
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