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Convergent Strategies in Biosynthesis

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Journal Nat Prod Rep
Date 2011 May 7
PMID 21547300
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Abstract

This review article focuses on how nature sometimes solves the same problem in the biosynthesis of small molecules but using very different approaches. Four examples, involving isopentenyl diphosphate, menaquinone, lysine, and aromatic polyketides, are highlighted that represent different strategies in convergent metabolism.

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