Fluoroacetaldehyde is a metabolic precursor of both

fluoroacetate Fluoroacetate may refer to: * Fluoroacetic acid * Sodium fluoroacetate Sodium fluoroacetate is an organofluorine chemical compound with the formula FCH2CO2Na. This colourless salt has a taste similar to that of sodium chloride and is used as a r ...

and 4-fluorothreonine in ''

Streptomyces cattleya ''Streptomyces cattleya'' is a Gram-positive bacterium which makes cephamycin, penicillin and thienamycin. The bacterium expresses a fluorinase enzyme, and the organism has been used to understand the biosynthesis of fluoroacetate and the antibac ...

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References

{{reflist Organofluorides Aldehydes Fluorine-containing natural products