Precursor-directed biosynthesis of macrolide antibiotics

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Abstract
Macrolides have long been among the most widely used antibiotics. Despite this utility, development of new macrolides through traditional synthetic and semisynthetic approaches has been greatly hindered by the inherent structural complexity of these compounds. Precursor-directed biosynthesis is a technique which circumvents this difficulty by incorporating simple synthetic precursors into a biosynthetic pathway, allowing the bulk of the molecule to be constructed enzymatically. This dissertation describes the evolution and application of a system for the facile production of new macrolides through precursor-directed biosynthesis. The results of this work are the discovery of an unexpected macrolide structure-activity relationship and the ultimate discovery of a promising new lead for macrolide development.

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Type of resource text
Form electronic; electronic resource; remote
Extent 1 online resource.
Publication date 2012
Issuance monographic
Language English

Creators/Contributors

Associated with Harvey, Colin James Bell
Associated with Stanford University, Department of Chemistry
Primary advisor Khosla, Chaitan, 1964-
Thesis advisor Khosla, Chaitan, 1964-
Thesis advisor Pande, Vijay
Thesis advisor Puglisi, Joseph D
Advisor Pande, Vijay
Advisor Puglisi, Joseph D

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Genre Theses

Bibliographic information

Statement of responsibility Colin James Bell Harvey.
Note Submitted to the Department of Chemistry.
Thesis Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2012.
Location electronic resource

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© 2012 by Colin James Bell Harvey
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).

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