Polyketide synthases

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the natural-product-chemistry subtree

J W Cornforth 1953 acetate hypothesis + D Hopwood 1985 actinomycete PKS clusters; modular PKS-I (erythromycin) + iterative PKS-II (tetracycline); modern combinatorial biosynthesis.

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