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A nitrous acid biosynthetic pathway for diazo group formation in bacteria

A nitrous acid biosynthetic pathway for diazo group formation in bacteria

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A nitrous acid biosynthetic pathway for diazo group formation in bacteria

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A nitrous acid biosynthetic pathway for diazo group formation in bacteria

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New York: Nature Publishing Group US

Journal title

Nature chemical biology, 2016-02, Vol.12 (2), p.73-75

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English

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New York: Nature Publishing Group US

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Cremeomycin is a diazo-containing natural product. Assignment of the functions of individual enzymes in the gene cluster for cremeomycin biosynthesis reveals a pathway by which
Streptomyces cremeus
converts
L
-aspartic acid into the nitrous acid needed for diazotization chemistry.
Although some diazo compounds have bioactivities of m...

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A nitrous acid biosynthetic pathway for diazo group formation in bacteria

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1773827883

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1773827883

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ISSN

1552-4450

E-ISSN

1552-4469

DOI

10.1038/nchembio.1991

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