coronamic acid

noun

A cyclopropyl amino acid component of the phytotoxin coronatine, a virulence factor of the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae.

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nouncoronamic acid (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiochemistryA cyclopropyl amino acid component of the phytotoxin coronatine, a virulence factor of the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae.

    It is composed of two components, the polyketide coronafacic acid (CFA) and coronamic acid (CMA).

    2015 July 6, “Analysis of Differentially Expressed Genes Associated with Coronatine-Induced Laticifer Differentiation in the Rubber Tree by Subtractive Hybridization Suppression”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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