Azetidine is a four-membered aza-cycle important in medicinal and organic chemistry. This study describes a mechanism of azetidine amino acid biosynthesis from l-isoleucine or l-valine by two non-haem Fe enzymes, PolF and PolE, in the polyoxin antifungal biosynthetic pathway.
- Yanan Du
- Anyarat Thanapipatsiri
- Kenichi Yokoyama