Determination of the Cryptic Stereochemi
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Takaaki Kubota; Marco Brünjes; Thomas Frenzel; Jun Xu; Andreas Kirschning; Heinz
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The biosynthesis of the antitumor antibiotic, ansamitocin, involves the assembly of a linear octaketide on the ansamitocin (__asm__) polyketide synthase (PKS), which is then cyclized to proansamitocin and further modified to the final product. In the first chain‐extension step on the __