Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho, Okayama 700-0005, Japan
Abstract:
All diastereomers of pentenocin B, an inhibitor of interleukin-1β converting enzyme produced by Trichoderma hamatum FO-6903, were synthesized in chiral forms starting from l-threonine. Absolute configurations of natural pentenocin B were clarified to be 4S, 5R, and 6R.