IDENTIFICATION OF O-METHYLSTERIGMATOCYSTIN AS AN AFLATOXIN-B1 AND AFLATOXIN-G1 PRECURSOR IN ASPERGILLUS-PARASITICUS
IDENTIFICATION OF O-METHYLSTERIGMATOCYSTIN AS AN AFLATOXIN-B1 AND AFLATOXIN-G1 PRECURSOR IN ASPERGILLUS-PARASITICUS
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DOI:
10.1128/aem.53.5.1028-1033.1987
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发表时间:
1987-05-01
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
HILL, RA
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作者:
BHATNAGAR, D;MCCORMICK, SP;HILL, RA
An isolate of Aspergillus parasiticus CP461 (SRRC 2043) produced no detectable aflatoxins, but accumulated O-methylsterigmatocystin (OMST). When streigmatocystin (ST) was fed to this isolate in a low-sugar medium, there was an increase in the accumulation of OMST, without aflatoxin synthesis. When radiolabeled [14C]OMST was fed to resting mycelia of a non-aflatoxin-, non-ST-, and non-OMST-producing mutant of A. parasiticus AVN-1 (SRRC 163), 14C-labeled aflatoxins B1 and G1 were produced; 10 nmol of OMST produced 7.8 nmol of B1 and 1.0 nmol of GH, while 10 nmol of ST produced 6.4 nmol of B1 and 0.6 nmol of G1. A time course study of aflatoxin synthesis in ST feeding experiments with AVN-1 revealed that OMST is synthesized by the mold during the onset of alflatoxin synthesis. The total amount of aflatoxins recovered from OMST feeding experiments was higher than from experiments in which ST was fed to the resting myeclia. These results suggest that OMST is a true metabolite in the aflatoxin biosynthetic pathway between sterigmatocystin and aflatoxins B1 and G1 and is not a shunt metabolite, as thought previously.