AbyU Enzyme (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

AbyU Enzyme

Caption

The antibiotic abyssomycin formed in the cavity of AbyU, a natural Diels-Alder enzyme with a simple beta-barrel fold. The orange spheres indicate the atoms involved in the newly formed bonds.

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P. Race

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