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  • noun organic chemistry An acyl group derived from a keto acid

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Examples

  • Dover LG, Carrere S, Nampoothiri KM, Lesjean S, et al. (2002) Mycolic acid biosynthesis and enzymic characterization of the beta-ketoacyl-ACP synthase A-condensing enzyme from

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alistair K. Brown et al. 2009

  • Platensimycin targets fatty acid biosynthesis in these species by inhibiting FabF and FabH, two β-ketoacyl-ACP synthases (KAS) of the bacterial multienzyme fatty acid synthase complex FAS-II

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alistair K. Brown et al. 2009

  • Given the inhibitory activity of platensimycin against β-ketoacyl-ACP synthases from

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alistair K. Brown et al. 2009

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis contains three distinct β-ketoacyl-ACP synthases, KasA, KasB and FabH

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alistair K. Brown et al. 2009

  • The three β-ketoacyl-ACP synthases, cloned into the

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alistair K. Brown et al. 2009

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthases KasA and KasB.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alistair K. Brown et al. 2009

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