4‐Nitrotryptophan is a substrate for the non‐ribosomal peptide synthetase TxtB in the thaxtomin A biosynthetic pathway

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Thaxtomin A, a cyclic dipeptide with a nitrated tryptophan moiety, is a phytotoxic pathogenicity determinant in scab-causing Streptomyces species that inhibits cellulose synthesis by an unknown mechanism. Thaxtomin A is produced by the action of two non-ribosomal peptide synthetase modules (TxtA and TxtB) and a complement of modifying enzymes, although the order of biosynthesis has not yet been determined....

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