TDP-3,6-dideoxy-beta-L-arabino-hexopyrano (TDP-beta-L-ascarylose) has been
produced on a 200 mg-scale from TDP-3-deoxy-alpha-D-glucose by the L-rhamno
se synthesising enzyme system which was isolated from Salmonella entericum
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