Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA (UK).
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013 Dec 2;52(49):13096-9. doi: 10.1002/anie.201308136. Epub 2013 Nov 11.
Keeping it basic: Arginine provides the exotic 4-guanidinobutanoate starter unit 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.
精氨酸提供了奇异的 4-胍基丁酸起始单元,用于由同一种链霉菌产生的两种不同类型的两性离子聚酮(一种类型的示例如图所示)。三步前体途径由一种对精氨酸具有高特异性的显著脱羧单加氧酶启动。