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Summary for the precursors of the natural            537
products’ constructing units

Constructing unit      Precursor

• C1                   • Methionine
• C2                   • Acetyl CoA
• C5                   • IPP/DMPP
• C6C3/C6C2/C6C1       • L-Tyrosine/L-Phenylanaline
• C6C2N                • L-Tyrosine/L-Phenylanaline
• Indole C2N           • L-Tryptophan
• C4N (can by cyclic)  • L-ornithine
• C5N (can be cyclic)  • L-Lysine
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