Figure 1.
Overview of the general action of CDPSs (cyclodipeptide synthases) and their connection to primary metabolism. CDPSs hijack aminoacyl-tRNAs and employ them in the formation of CDPs (cyclic dipeptides), thus diverting the flow of loaded tRNAs away from the ribosomal machinery. Adapted from [31] with permission of The Royal Society of Chemistry, copyright 2012.
