Oxidative cleavage of premithramycin B is one of the last steps in the biosynthesis of the antitumor drug mithramycin

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-30

  Prado, Laura ^a   Fernández, Ernestina ^a   Weißbach, Ulrike ^b   Blanco, Gloria ^a   Quirós, Luis M ^a   Braña, Alfredo F ^a   Méndez, Carmen ^a   Rohr, Jürgen ^b,c   Salas, José A ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitumor agents; Aureolic acid; Biosynthesis; Polyketide synthase; Polyketides

Indexed keywords

STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES ARGILLACEUS;

EID: 0032815453     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(99)80017-9     Document Type: Article

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