deoxyamidinoproclavaminate + 2-oxoglutarate + O2 = amidinoproclavaminate + succinate + CO2 |
once the oxoferryl species is formed, the oxidative cyclization most likely involves either a mechanism involving C4'(S)-H bond cleavage of the monocyclic beta-lactam ring, or a biosynthetically unprecedented mechanism comprising oxidation of the hydroxyl group of procavaminate to an O-radical, retro-aldol-like decomposition of the O-radical to an aldehyde and a C-centered radical, which is stabilized by the captodative effect, abstraction of a hydrogen atom from the C4'(S) position of the C-centered radical by the Fe(III)-OH species yielding an azomethine ylide, and 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to the ylide with aldehyde acting as a dipolarophile |
Streptomyces clavuligerus |
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