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Amino Acid Synthesis

Structure of Pyrrolysine

Structure of Pyrrolysine

Pyrrolysine (abbreviated as Pyl or O) is a naturally occurring, genetically coded amino acid used by some methanogenic archaea and one known bacterium in enzymes that are part of their methane-producing metabolism.

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