The polyketide, phenylpropanoid and polyphenol NPs

Microbial fatty acid biosynthesis and the evolution of the polyketides 

The strategy evolved to generate the diversity of fatty acids and not the detailed biochemical mechanisms involved in fatty acid biosynthesis (why organisms make such a diversity of fatty acids is discussed in Chapter 9) is the important point to grasp. It is 

Transfer acyl group in second and subsequent cycles 

The second phase of polyketide diversification by the tailoring is brought about by modifications and additions to the family of polyketide carbon skeletons. 

The plant polyphenols—the phenylpropanoids made via the shikimic acid pathway 

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