marinophenazine

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Noun

marinophenazine (plural marinophenazines)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a certain class of cytotoxic prenylated phenazine derivatives
    • 2015 December 15, “Diversity of ABBA Prenyltransferases in Marine Streptomyces sp. CNQ-509: Promiscuous Enzymes for the Biosynthesis of Mixed Terpenoid Compounds”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Contrary to our expectations, none of these molecules was accepted by the enzyme, providing no support for the hypothesis that CnqP1 is responsible for the prenylation reaction in marinophenazine biosynthesis.