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. 2010 Apr 7;8(7):1520-2.
doi: 10.1039/b925483h. Epub 2010 Feb 5.

Biosynthesis of the mitochondrial adenine nucleotide translocase (ATPase) inhibitor bongkrekic acid in Burkholderia gladioli

Barbara Rohm  1 , Kirstin Scherlach, Christian Hertweck
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Biosynthesis of the mitochondrial adenine nucleotide translocase (ATPase) inhibitor bongkrekic acid in Burkholderia gladioli

Barbara Rohm et al. Org Biomol Chem. .

Abstract

Biosynthetic studies with (13)C-labelled acetates and methionine revealed that the infamous, food-related toxin bongkrekic acid from Burkholderia gladioli is a polyketide with acetate-derived beta-branches and a carboxylate terminus derived from the methyl group of an acetate.

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