H. Kakeya et al., DEPHOSTATIN, A NOVEL PROTEIN-TYROSINE-PHOSPHATASE INHIBITOR PRODUCED BY STREPTOMYCES .2. STRUCTURE DETERMINATION, Journal of antibiotics, 46(11), 1993, pp. 1716-1719
Dephostatin, a novel tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor, was isolated from
the culture broth of Streptomyces sp. MJ742-NF5. The structure was el
ucidated to be 2-(N-methyl-N-nitroso)hydroquinone by spectral and chem
ical analyses of dephostatin and its derivatives.