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tautomycin (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 tautomycins)
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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/06/03 11:48 UTC 版)
Tautomycin is a chemical that occurs naturally in shellfish and is produced by the bacterium Streptomyces spiroverticillatus. It is a polyketide-based structure characterized by a three hydroxyl groups, two ketones, a dialkylmaleic anhydride, an ester linkage (connecting anhydride unit to polyketide chain), a spiroketal and one methyl ether among others.