Identification of the Antibiotic Determined by the SCP1 Plasmid of Streptomyces coelicolor A3 (2)

Abstract

The antibiotic whose biosynthesis is determined by the SCP1 plasmid of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) has been characterized as the recently described methylenomycin A (2-methylene-cyclopentan-3-one-4,5-epoxy-4,5-dimethyl-1-carboxylic acid).