Genome mining leads to a new type of peptide prenylation

Researchers from NUS used a genome mining approach to identify a new cyclic peptide (tolypamide) derived from a cyanobacterium. The biosynthesis of tolypamide features a new type of enzyme that is able to prenylate a range of substrates and has potential use in pharmaceutical chemistry and synthetic biology.

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