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Two mechanisms of pendant alkylation of polyketides. (A) The upper reaction uses methylmalonic acid as a building block, while the lower one shows a methyl group derived from SAM. (B) A proposed mechanism for the introduction of a methyl side chain from a malonate unit via an HMG-CoA based enzyme.
