The biosynthesis of showdomycin: studies with stable isotopes and the determination of principal precursors
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 22,p. 1515-1517
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39840001515
Abstract
Studies with stable isotopes show that D-ribose and L-glutamic acid are direct biosynthetic precursors of showdomycin (1), with carbons 2–5 and the nitrogen of L-glutamate giving rise to the maleimide ring: L-pyroglutamate may be an intermediate.Keywords
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