The C 25 terpenoid moenocinol is suggested to originate from a farnesyl precursor and geranyl pyrophosphate. The new mechanism is in accord with all previous feeding experiments. Feeding of [2,[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] C 2 ]-labeled 1-deoxy-D-xylulose proves how the two units are joined in the
On the biosynthesis of moenocinol, the lipid part of the moenomycin antibiotics
β Scribed by Urs Schuricht; Lothar Hennig; Matthias Findeisen; Peter Welzel
- Book ID
- 108379702
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 121 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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