INCORPORATION OF ANGUSTMYCIN C A NUCLEOSIDIC ANTIBIOTIC INTO RIBONUCLEIC ACID IN ESCHERICHIA COLI

A nucleosidic antibiotic angustmycin C, which is an analogue of adenosine and which has an unusual hexose, psicofuranose, instead of ribose, was confirmed to be incorporated into RNA in Escherichia coli. After incubation of cells with tritiated angustmycin C, small but significant radioactivity was found in RNA fraction. When the RNA was hydrolyzed by an enzyme mixture of snake venom, pancreatic ribonuclease I and alkaline phosphatase, intact angustmycin C was recovered which indicated incorporation of the antibiotic into the polyribonucleotide chain of RNA. © 1968 Taylor and Francis Group LLC.