Overview

This book is the second of two volumes that deal with discovery of chemical pathways of biosynthesis of natural products (secondary metabolites). The first volume covered the use of isotopes in biosynthetic research and the formation of enzyme cofactors and reduced polyketides. This second volume describes biosynthesis of aromatic (unreduced) polyketides, enzymes responsible for cyclization of terpenoids (isoprenoids), and biochemical generation of selected classes of alkaloids (prenylated tryptophan, tropane, pyrrolizidine). Knowledge of the pathways and the techniques to elucidate them opens the door to combinatorial biosynthesis as well as to the production of targeted pharmaceutical agents utilizing a combination of chemistry, molecular biology and protein biochemistry.

ISBN-13

9783642085833

ISBN-10

3642085830

Weight

0.98 Pounds

Dimensions

6.10 x 0.59 x 9.25 In

List Price

$329.99

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

x, 247 pages

Publisher

Springer

Published On

2010-12-06



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