Penicillin biosynthesis. Dual pathways from a modified substrate
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 22,p. 1317-1319
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39830001317
Abstract
Preparations of the enzyme isopenicillin N synthetase from Cephalosporium acremonium convert the modified substrate (L-α-amino-δ-adipyl)-L-cysteinyl-D-(α-aminobutyrate) into both penam and cepham products, which have been isolated and their structures established.Keywords
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