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Unusual transformations in the biosynthesis of the antibiotic phosphinothricin tripeptide.
Nature chemical biology - 1 Aug 2007
Blodgett Joshua A V, Thomas Paul M, Li Gongyong, Velasquez Juan E, van der Donk Wilfred A, Kelleher Neil L, Metcalf William W
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Phosphinothricin tripeptide (PTT, phosphinothricylalanylalanine) is a natural-product antibiotic and potent herbicide that is produced by Streptomyces hygroscopicus ATCC 21705 (ref. 1) and Streptomyces viridochromogenes DSM 40736 (ref. 2). PTT has attracted widespread interest because of its comm...
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