Issue 5, 2007

The type I fatty acid and polyketide synthases: a tale of two megasynthases

Abstract

Covering: up to the end of 2006

This review chronicles the synergistic growth of the fields of fatty acid and polyketide synthesis over the last century. In both animal fatty acid synthases and modular polyketide synthases, similar catalytic elements are covalently linked in the same order in megasynthases. Whereas in fatty acid synthases the basic elements of the design remain immutable, guaranteeing the faithful production of saturated fatty acids, in the modular polyketide synthases, the potential of the basic design has been exploited to the full for the elaboration of a wide range of secondary metabolites of extraordinary structural diversity.

Graphical abstract: The type I fatty acid and polyketide synthases: a tale of two megasynthases

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
05 Feb 2007
First published
02 Jul 2007

Nat. Prod. Rep., 2007,24, 1041-1072

The type I fatty acid and polyketide synthases: a tale of two megasynthases

S. Smith and S. Tsai, Nat. Prod. Rep., 2007, 24, 1041 DOI: 10.1039/B603600G

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