Natural Products with atypical atoms expand nature’s biosynthetic diversity (IMAGE)

Pusan National University

Natural Products with atypical atoms expand nature’s biosynthetic diversity

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Natural products containing atypical atoms such as boron, fluorine, arsenic, selenium, iodine, vanadium, and molybdenum highlights nature’s extended chemical diversity. These metabolites play an important role in defense, detoxification, signaling, redox control, catalysis, and highlight promising avenues for sustainable biocatalysis and drug discovery.

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