Bicyclostreptins are radical SAM enzyme-modified peptides with unique cyclization motifs - Nature.com

Bicyclostreptins are peptide natural products in which a macrocyclic β-ether and a heterocyclic sp3–sp3 linkage between a backbone amide nitrogen and an adjacent α-carbon are installed by two radical S-adenosylmethionine metalloenzymes.

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