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Tryptophan

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    Clark K, Seyedsayamdost M. Bioinformatic Atlas of Radical SAM Enzyme-Modified RiPP Natural Products Reveals an Isoleucine-Tryptophan Crosslink. J Am Chem Soc. 2022;144(39):17876–17888. PMID: 36128669
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    Balo A, Caruso A, Tao L, Tantillo D, Seyedsayamdost M, Britt D. Trapping a cross-linked lysine-tryptophan radical in the catalytic cycle of the radical SAM enzyme SuiB. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021;118(21). PMCID: PMC8166192
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    Isley N, Endo Y, Wu Z-C, Covington B, Bushin L, Seyedsayamdost M, Boger D. Total Synthesis and Stereochemical Assignment of Streptide. J Am Chem Soc. 2019;141(43):17361–17369. PMCID: PMC6821584
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    Travis S, Kokona B, Fairman R, Hughson F. Roles of singleton tryptophan motifs in COPI coat stability and vesicle tethering. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019;116(48):24031–24040. PMCID: PMC6883825
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    Minhas P, Liu L, Moon P, Joshi A, Dove C, Mhatre S, Contrepois K, Wang Q, Lee B, Coronado M, Bernstein D, Snyder M, Migaud M, Majeti R, Mochly-Rosen D, Rabinowitz J, Andreasson K. Macrophage de novo NAD synthesis specifies immune function in aging and inflammation. Nat Immunol. 2019;20(1):50–63. PMCID: PMC6768398
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    Schramma K, Seyedsayamdost M. Lysine-Tryptophan-Crosslinked Peptides Produced by Radical SAM Enzymes in Pathogenic Streptococci. ACS Chem Biol. 2017;12(4):922–927. PMID: 28191919
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    Suckling R, Poon P, Travis S, Majoul I, Hughson F, Evans P, Duden R, Owen D. Structural basis for the binding of tryptophan-based motifs by δ-COP. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015;112(46):14242–7. PMCID: PMC4655537
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