Figure 1.
Hypothetical pathway for the biosynthesis of aerothionin in A. cavernicola and bastadins in I. basta according to Tymiak and Rinehart [21] and Leone-Stumpf [22]. Data available for biological halogenation reactions strongly suggest the involvement of flavin-dependent halogenases in the bromination reactions occurring during aerothionin and bastadin biosynthesis. The compound in brackets has not been isolated yet.