Policetídeo
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In organic chemistry, polyketides are a class of natural products derived from a precursor molecule consisting of a chain of alternating ketone (, or its reduced forms) and methylene () groups: . First studied in the early 20th century, discovery, biosynthesis, and application of polyketides has evolved. It is a large and diverse group of secondary metabolites caused by its complex biosynthesis which resembles that of fatty acid synthesis. Because of this diversity, polyketides can have various medicinal, agricultural, and industrial applications. Many polyketides are medicinal or exhibit acut
Research
113,120 papers- Polyketide Cyclizations for the Synthesis of Polyaromatics.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2020
- Structure and Mechanisms of Assembly-Line Polyketide Synthases.Annual review of biochemistry · 2024
- Module-Based Polyketide Synthase Engineering for de Novo Polyketide Biosynthesis.ACS synthetic biology · 2023
- Complexity of fungal polyketide biosynthesis and function.Molecular microbiology · 2024
- Cis double bond formation in polyketide biosynthesis.Natural product reports · 2021
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Article · Português
Policetídeos são metabolitos secundários de bactérias, fungos, plantas e animais. São normalmente biossintetizados através de condensação de unidades acetila ou por enzimas especializadas, as . Estruturalmente, trata-se de um grupo muito diverso de produtos naturais, com diversas actividades biológicas e propriedades farmacológicas. São, de um modo geral, divididos em três classes: policetídeos tipo I (frequentemente macrólidos), tipo II (frequentemente moléculas aromáticas produzidas pela acção iterativa de enzimas dissociadoras), e tipo III (frequentemente pequenas moléculas aromáticas produzidas por espécies de fungos).
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