Scheme 3.
Mechanism showing the cyclization of a linear peptide. (a) Intramolecular nucleophilic attack results in a cyclic peptide joined by a thioester bond (b) S-N Acyl Shift produces the final cyclic molecule now joined by a native peptide bond.
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