loading...| Preferred Name | polyketide | |
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Natural compounds containing alternating carbonyl and methylene groups ('beta-polyketones'), biogenetically derived from repeated condensation of acetyl coenzyme A (via malonyl coenzyme A), and usually the compounds derived from them by further condensations. Considered by many to be synonymous with the less frequently used terms acetogenins and ketides. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_26188 |
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polyketides polyketide |
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Natural compounds containing alternating carbonyl and methylene groups ('beta-polyketones'), biogenetically derived from repeated condensation of acetyl coenzyme A (via malonyl coenzyme A), and usually the compounds derived from them by further condensations. Considered by many to be synonymous with the less frequently used terms acetogenins and ketides. |
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polyketide |
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CHEBI:26188 |
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polyketide |
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