Barbara Rohm, Kirstin Scherlach, Christian Hertweck
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI, Beutenbergstr. 11a, D-07745 Jena, Germany.
Organic & biomolecular chemistry 2010 Apr 7Biosynthetic 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.
Barbara Rohm, Kirstin Scherlach, Christian Hertweck. Biosynthesis of the mitochondrial adenine nucleotide translocase (ATPase) inhibitor bongkrekic acid in Burkholderia gladioli. Organic & biomolecular chemistry. 2010 Apr 7;8(7):1520-2
PMID: 20237660
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