Adrian Podolski1,2, Timon A Lindeboom3, Leonard Präve1,2

  • 1Department of Natural Products in Organismic Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, 35043, Marburg, Germany.

概括

这项研究引入了一种新的方法,用于使用金门组合 (GGA) 和 eXchange Unit Thiolation域 (XUT) 概念的非核糖体合成酶 (NRPS) 工程. 这种方法使新型NRPS酶和定制的衍生物的高吞吐量生成为潜在的制药应用.

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