Part 8: Stereochemistry in Biologics and Natural Products
“Nature’s stereochemists – chirality in biologics, peptides, and natural products” Introduction Stereochemistry is inherent in biological macromolecules and natural products. This part explores chirality beyond small synthetic drugs – specifically, in biologics (peptides, proteins, nucleic acids) and in natural product-derived drugs. We examine how nature’s biosynthetic machinery imparts stereochemistry with high fidelity (e.g., enzymes produce single enantiomers of amino acids, sugars, complex polyketides). We discuss examples of drugs that are derived from natural chirality (like …
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