BIOSYNTHESIS OF A 7-ALPHA-METHOXYCEPHALOSPORIN - INCORPORATION OF MOLECULAR-OXYGEN

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OSULLIVAN, J
APLIN, RT
STEVENS, CM
ABRAHAM, EP
机构
[1] UNIV OXFORD, SIR WILLIAM DUNN SCH PATHOL, OXFORD OX1 3RE, ENGLAND
[2] UNIV OXFORD, DYSON PERRINS LAB, OXFORD OX1 3QY, ENGLAND
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10.1042/bj1790047
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A 7-.alpha.-methoxycephalosporin containing a carbamoyloxymethyl substituent at C-3 (cephamycin C) was isolated from the extracellular fluid of an aqueous suspension of Streptomyces clavuligerus shaken in the presence of 18O2. The cephalosporin was converted into its N-acetyl dimethyl ester and the distribution of 18O in the latter determined by chemical-ionization mass spectrometry. The results indicate that the O atom of the methoxy group, and that linked to the exocyclic methylene group at C-3, is derived from molecular O2.
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