Abstract
Deuterium and carbon-13 labelled glycerols have been fed to Streptomyces calvus fermentations and isotope incorporation into the fluorine containing antibiotic nucleocidin have been evaluated by 19F-NMR. A single deuterium atom was incorporated from [2H5]- and (R)-[2H2]- glycerol into C-5’ of the antibiotic, suggesting that an oxidation occurs at this carbon after ribose ring assembly from glycerol (pentose phosphate pathway), during nucleocidin biosynthesis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 61-64 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 9 Nov 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 7 Jan 2017 |