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. 1989 Dec;171(12):6610–6616. doi: 10.1128/jb.171.12.6610-6616.1989

Biosynthesis of caldariellaquinone in Sulfolobus spp.

D Zhou 1, R H White 1
PMCID: PMC210554  PMID: 2512282

Abstract

The biosynthesis of caldariellaquionone (CQ) was studied in species of Sulfolobus by measuring the incorporation of stable isotopically labeled tyrosines into CQ. By feeding a series of tyrosines labeled with deuterium or 13C and then measuring the extent and position at which label was incorporated into CQ by mass spectrometry, it was shown that more than 95% of the label was incorporated into the benzo[b]thiophen-4,7-quinone moiety of CQ. From the labeling experiments, it is concluded that the benzo[b]thiophen-4,7-quinone is derived as an intact unit from all of the carbons of tyrosine except C-1.

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