Gl. Challis et Kf. Chater, Incorporation of [U-C-13]glycerol defines plausible early steps for the biosynthesis of methylenomycin A in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), CHEM COMMUN, (10), 2001, pp. 935-936
Incorporation of [U-C-13]glycerol into the linear plasmid-encoded secondary
metabolite methylenomycin A, both intact and indirectly via metabolism to
acetyl CoA, was observed in Streptomyces coelicolor suggesting plausible ea
rly biosynthetic steps for this unusual antibiotic.