A Common Origin for Guanidinobutanoate Starter Units in Antifungal Natural Products
作者:Hui Hong、Taicia Fill、Peter F. Leadlay
DOI:10.1002/anie.201308136
日期:2013.12.2
Keeping it basic: Arginine provides the exotic 4‐guanidinobutanoatestarterunit for two different types of zwitterionic polyketide (an example for one type is shown in the picture) produced by the same Streptomyces bacterium. The three‐step precursor pathway is initiated by a remarkable decarboxylating monooxygenase with high specificity for arginine.