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The β-methylaspartic acid residue in amphomycin has the L-threo configuration. Since β-methylaspartic acids are readily racemized under theusual conditions of acid hydrolysis, the assignment of configuration was basedon β-methylaspartic acid liberated under exceptionally mild acid hydrolysis.
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Bodanszky et al. (1970) studied this question.
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