Biosynthesis of 15,16-dimethyltriacontanedioic acid (diabolic acid) from [16-2H3]- and [14-2H2]-palmitic acids

1 January 1992

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 20,p. 1533-1534
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39920001533

Abstract

It is shown that no loss of deuterium occurs during formation of 15, 16-dimethyltriacontanedioic acid (diabolic acid) from [16-²H₃]palmitic acid and [14-²H₂]palmitic acid in Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens.

Keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS
DIMETHYLTRIACONTANEDIOIC ACID
LOSS
BUTYRIVIBRIO
DEUTERIUM
FIBRISOLVENS
DIABOLIC ACID
2H2

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