Studies on Side Chain Interactions during the Isopenicillin N Synthase Catalysed Biosynthesis of Penicillins

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Florine Cavelier, Andrew T. Russell, Christopher J. Schofield and Jack E. Baldwin


Abstract

The role of the L-δ-(α-aminoadipoyl)–Lcys teinyl amide bond in isopenicillin N synthase catalysis is probed by the synthesis of two analogues of its tripeptide substrate L-δ-α-aminoadipoyl-L-cysteinyl- D-valine.


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