Author(s)

S. J. Moss, C. D. Murphy, J. T. G. Hamilton, W. C. McRoberts, D. O'Hagan, C. Schaffrath, D. B. Harper

ISBN

1359-7345

Publication year

2000

Periodical

Chemical Communications

Periodical Number

22

Volume

Pages

2281-2282

Author Address

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Fluoroacetaldehyde is converted to fluoroacetate and 4-fluorothreonine in Streptomyces cattleya indicating that it is the biosynthetic precursor of both of these secondary metabolites.