The biochemical pathways for the formation of the unusual amino acids found in virginiamycin M₁ and A33853 were investigated. Specifically tritiated and carbon 14 labeled serines were incorporated into virginiamycin M₁. (2S)-serine and (2S,3R)-[3-³H] serine were found to be precursors, thus giving evidence of stereochemical control in the formation of the oxazole moiety. This information allowed for postulation of a ring closure pathway. Stereochemical investigations were also carried out on the dehydroproline unit and it was shown that both (R) and (S) prolines were incorporated into the dehydroproline unit. (2S,3R)-[3-³H] proline was synthesized and upon incorporation lost the (3-³H) label as evidence of stereochemical control in the formation of the dehydroproline unit from a saturated precursor.
The basic biosynthetic origins of A33853 were investigated by feeding of D-[U-¹⁴C] glucose, sodium [U-¹⁴C] acetate, (S)-[U-¹⁴C] lysine, (S)-[U-¹⁴C] aspartic acid, [carboxyl-¹⁴C] anthranilic acid, and (S)-[5-³H] tryptophan. D-[U-¹⁴C]. Glucose and (S)-[U-¹⁴C] lysine appeared to be the main precursors. ¹³C¹⁵N lysine was synthesized and used to examine the ring closure of the 3-hydroxypicolinic amide ring in virginiamycin S₁. / Ph. D.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/54266 |
| Date | January 1989 |
| Creators | Purvis, Michael Bernard |
| Contributors | Chemistry, Kingston, David G. I., Bell, Harold M., White, Robert H., Dorn, Harry C., Lewis, N.G. |
| Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation, Text |
| Format | xvii, 200 leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 20139789 |
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