Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance assignments and biosynthesis of the mycotoxin ochratoxin A
Abstract
The 13C n.m.r. spectrum of ochratoxin A has been assigned. The distribution of 13C label and of intact acetate units, as determined from the 13C n.m.r. spectra of ochratoxin A derived from singly and doubly labelled [13C]acetate, defines the biosynthetic origin of the 3,4-dihydro-(3R)-methylisocoumarin moiety unequivocally.