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. 2004 Dec 20;200(12):1559–1569. doi: 10.1084/jem.20041429

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Figure 5. — Proposed biosynthetic pathway of MPM. R is the enzyme. In the case of C₃₀ MPM, C₂ and C₃ unit elongation occurs in five cycles using a straight chain heptanoyl primer. Subsequently, the carboxyl group of the resulting product is predicted to be reduced to alcohol, followed by phosphorylation and mannosylation.