Meanings
nounmarinophenazine (plural marinophenazines)
plural marinophenazines
- chemistryAny of a certain class of cytotoxic prenylated phenazine derivatives
Contrary to our expectations, none of these molecules was accepted by the enzyme, providing no support for the hypothesis that CnqP1 is responsible for the prenylation reaction in marinophenazine biosynthesis.
2015 December 15, “Diversity of ABBA Prenyltransferases in Marine Streptomyces sp. CNQ-509: Promiscuous Enzymes for the Biosynthesis of Mixed Terpenoid Compounds”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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