代谢
除了完成葡萄糖到二氧化碳和水的氧化过程外,三羧酸循环还提供了生物合成一些次级代谢物所需的中间体,包括鲁布拉毒素...第一步涉及癸酸与草酰乙酸的缩合,类似于柠檬酸的形成方式。随后的脱水、脱羧和氧化导致形成一个中间酐,该酐二聚后,在进一步氧化作用下,形成鲁布拉毒素A。氧气功能在哪个阶段引入尚不清楚,特别是,这样的假设将意味着α,β-不饱和γ-内酯的羧基来自乙酸的甲基碳。
AS WELL AS SERVING TO COMPLETE THE OXIDATION OF GLUCOSE TO CO2 & WATER, THE TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE ALSO PROVIDES INTERMEDIATES FOR THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF SOME SECONDARY METABOLITES, INCL THE RUBRATOXINS... THE FIRST STEP INVOLVES CONDENSATION OF DECANOIC ACID WITH OXALOACETIC ACID IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO THE FORMATION OF CITRIC ACID. SUBSEQUENT DEHYDRATION, DECARBOXYLATION & OXIDATION LEAD TO AN INTERMEDIATE ANHYDRIDE WHICH DIMERIZES TO FORM, AFTER FURTHER OXIDATION, RUBRATOXIN A. AT WHAT STAGE THE OXYGEN FUNCTIONS ARE INTRODUCED IS NOT CLEAR, &, IN PARTICULAR, SUCH A HYPOTHESIS WOULD MEAN THAT THE CARBOXYL GROUP OF THE ALPHA,BETA-UNSATURATED GAMMA-LACTONE WOULD BE DERIVED FROM THE METHYL CARBON OF ACETATE.
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