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From: Transaminases for the synthesis of enantiopure beta-amino acids

Figure 1

(a) Examples of pharmaceutically important natural products containing a β-amino acid moiety: paclitaxel from the yew tree Taxus brevifolia and the chromophore of the chromoprotein C-1027 from the Actinobacteria Streptomyces griseus. The β-amino acid moieties are highlighted in grey. (b) Comparison of the backbones of α-, β3- and β2-peptides.

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