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Abstract
In the presence of S-adenosylmethionine, 2-oxoglutarate, Fe2+ and a reducing agent, cell-free extracts of Streptomyces clavuligerus convert cephalosporin C and O-carbamoyldeacetylcephalosporin C into 7 alpha-methoxy derivatives. No synthesis of a 7 alpha-methoxy derivative of deacetylcephalosporin C was detected in the system used, and the 7 alpha-methoxy derivative of deacetoxycephalosporin C was produced only in relatively small amounts. It appears that the 7 alpha-methoxy group is introduced after the cephalosporin ring system has been formed and that its introduction may represent the final step in a biosynthetic pathway.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 7378068 PMCID: PMC1161616 DOI: 10.1042/bj1860613
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857