Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1979789 | Current Opinion in Structural Biology | 2010 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) are large multimodular biocatalysts that utilize complex regiospecific and stereospecific reactions to assemble structurally and functionally diverse peptides that have important medicinal applications. During this ribosome-independent peptide synthesis, catalytic domains of NRPS select, activate or modify the covalently tethered reaction intermediates to control the iterative chain elongation process and product release. Recent advances in structural elucidation of domains, didomains, and an entire termination module revealed valuable insights into the mechanism of nonribosomal synthesis and are highlighted herein.
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Authors
Matthias Strieker, Alan Tanović, Mohamed A Marahiel,