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Activation-independent capture of free fatty acids at the bacterial cell envelope by BrtB

ABSTRACT Fatty acids (FAs) are key metabolites in living organisms, shaping membrane architecture, and helping cellular acclimatization to changing conditions. Bacteria synthesize FAs de novo but can also reclaim them from membrane lipids or uptake them from the environment, usua...

Trichlorination by a single cyanobacterial halogenase in the biosynthesis of lebomboamide A

Halogenation is a widely used strategy, both in nature and medicinal chemistry, to modulate the properties of small molecules. Cyanobacteria are a rich source of halogenases that act regio- and stereoselectively on sp3-hybridized carbon centers, which have been reported to cataly...