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Biotech / Medical : Kosan BioSciences -- KOSN

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To: Icebrg who wrote (608)10/8/2005 7:22:48 AM
From: Mike McFarland   of 933
 
recent theoretical study has revealed that modular PKSs
(such as the erythromycin PKS) have the potential to generate
hundreds of millions of compounds through reassembly of the
catalytic units in novel combinations*. This is a staggering
number compared with the 10,000 polyketides described from
all natural sources.


The Lego-ization of polyketide biosynthesis
David H Sherman
nature.com

*Theoretical Considerations and Computational
Analysis of the Complexity in Polyketide Synthesis Pathways
Joanna González-Lergier, Linda J. Broadbelt,
and Vassily Hatzimanikatis

pubs.acs.org
...experimental approaches to engineer novel polyketides,
a number of which will likely have medicinal properties
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