Seven enzymes create extraordinary molecular complexity in an uncultivated bacterium

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 387-395

  Freeman, Michael F ^a,b   Helf, Maximilian J ^a   Bhushan, Agneya ^a   Morinaka, Brandon I ^a   Piel, Jörn ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYTHEONAMIDE B; PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 85016293162     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2666     Document Type: Article

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