Deoxysugar

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• 2) has been elucidated in enteric bacteria, where the deoxysugar is an element of surface antigens (8, 18).
• With the release of the purine, the reactive aldehyde group of the deoxysugar is made available.
• The 3-OH group of the deoxysugar is acylated, in novobiocin with a carbamoyl group, in the other two with a 5- mehtylpyrrole-2-carboxylic acid.
• It thus seems likely that at least one deoxysugar is attached to the polyketide moiety.
• The other methyl group at C-5 of the deoxysugar is derived from C-6 of glucose after reduction.

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