Aminoacetone as the Penultimate Precursor to the Antitumor Agent Azinomycin A

作者:Sharma Vasudha; Kelly Gilbert T; Foulke Abel Jennifer; Watanabe Coran M H*
来源:Organic Letters, 2009, 11(17): 4006-4009.
DOI:10.1021/ol9016639

摘要

Experiments reveal that the metabolic precursor aminoacetone is a key intermediate in the production of the antitumor agent azinomycin A relative to the structurally and functionally related agent, azinomycin B. Azinomycin A and B arise through bifurcation of the biosynthetic pathway and competition between metabolic substrates. The availability of the biosynthetic precursors in vivo, aminoacetone for azinomycin A and threonine for azinomycin B, controls the overall ratio of azinomycin A to B produced.

  • 出版日期2009-9-3