Biosynthesis of aurovertin B. The rôle of methionine in the formation of the ethyl side-chain
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 23,p. 1041-1042
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39790001041
Abstract
Aurovertin B, a metabolite from Calcarisporium arbuscula is formed from a C18-polyketide precursor; the C(1) carbon atom is derived by the introduction of a methyl group from the C1-pool onto the methyl carbon atom of the chain-initiating acetate unit.Keywords
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