An autocatalytic peptide cyclase defines a new subclass of plant ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs). This discovery explains the origins of a large family of cyclic peptides and inspires new tools for mining these RiPPs across the plant kingdom.
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Chooi, YH. RiPP-ing through the plant kingdom. Nat Chem Biol 18, 2–3 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-021-00901-8
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