The tip and hidden part of the iceberg: Proteinogenic and non-proteinogenic aliphatic amino acids.

Fichtner M, Voigt K, Schuster S (2017) The tip and hidden part of the iceberg: Proteinogenic and non-proteinogenic aliphatic amino acids. Biochim Biophys Acta 1861(1 Pt A), 3258-3269.

Abstract

Amino acids are the essential building blocks of proteins and, therefore, living organisms. While the focus often lies on the canonical or proteinogenic amino acids, there is also a large number of non-canonical amino acids to explore. Some of them are part of toxins or antibiotics in fungi, bacteria or animals (e.g. sponges). Some others operate at the translational level like an

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Kerstin Voigt

Identifier

doi: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2016.08.008

PMID: 27554846