New pacidamycins biosynthetically: probing N- and C-terminal substrate specificity

Amany E. Ragab ; Sabine Grüschow ; Emma J. Rackham ; Rebecca J. M. Goss

Org Biomol Chem 2010, 8 3128-3129

Feeding phenylalanine analogues to Streptomyces coeruleorubidus reveals the remarkable steric and electronic flexibility of this biosynthetic pathway and leads to the generation of a series of new halopacidamycins.

Graphical abstract: New pacidamycins biosynthetically: probing N- and C-terminal substrate specificity