THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF FATTY-ACID INITIATION IN THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF THE FUNGAL AROMATIC POLYKETIDE AFLATOXIN B-1
THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF FATTY-ACID INITIATION IN THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF THE FUNGAL AROMATIC POLYKETIDE AFLATOXIN B-1
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DOI:
10.1139/v94-031
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发表时间:
1994-01-01
影响因子:
1.1
通讯作者:
TOWNSEND, CA
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作者:
BROBST, SW;TOWNSEND, CA
Earlier work in this laboratory has shown the intact incorporation of [1-C-13]hexanoate into averufin (1), a key intermediate in aflatoxin B-1 biosynthesis. Parallel experiments with equimolar amounts of [1-C-13]butyrate, [1-C-13]-3-oxo-octanoate, and [1-C-13]-5-oxo-hexanoate gave no detectable specific incorporation of heavy isotope but low and equivalent background incorporation comparable to [1-C-13]acetate. Three of these potential intermediates in polyketide formation were reexamined as their corresponding N-acetylcysteamine (NAC) thioesters. The NAC thioester of [1-C-13]hexanoic acid gave a remarkably high 22% intact incorporation while the NAC thioester of [1-C-13]-3-oxo-octanoic acid afforded nearly 5% when an equimolar amount was administered to the producing organism Aspergillus parasiticus (ATCC 24551). In contrast, the NAC thioester of [1-C-13]butyric acid showed no selective enrichment of averufin. This negative result was tested further in a more sensitive experiment with the NAC thioester of [2,3-C-13(2)]butyric acid. No (1)J(CC) coupling was detectable, indicating an incorporation efficiency of