A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2008. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers. We’re all ...
FIGURE 1. Quinolizidine alkaloid biosynthetic pathway: all QAs are derived from lysine. Enzymes involved in the pathway are L/ODC, copper amine oxidase (CuAO), and two acyltransferases ...