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Substrate-assisted enzymatic formation of lysinoalanine in duramycin.
Nature chemical biology - 1 Oct 2018
An Linna, Cogan Dillon P, Navo Claudio D, Jiménez-Osés Gonzalo, Nair Satish K, van der Donk Wilfred A
Abstract excerpt
Duramycin is a heavily post-translationally modified peptide that binds phosphatidylethanolamine. It has been investigated as an antibiotic, an inhibitor of viral entry, a therapeutic for cystic fibrosis, and a tumor and vasculature imaging agent. Duramycin contains a β-hydroxylated Asp (Hya) and four macrocycles, including an essential lysinoalanine (Lal) cross-link. The mechanism of Lal formation is not known....
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