Studies in relation to biosynthesis. Part 48. Phomazarin. Part 2. 13C n.m.r. Spectra and biosynthesis of phomazarin
Abstract
The 13C n.m.r. spectra of phomazarin methyl ester and seven further derivatives of phomazarin have been assigned. Incorporations of [13C]acetates and [13C]- and [14C]-malonates by cultures of Pyrenochaeta terrestris indicate that phomazarin is biosynthesised by condensation, followed by oxidative ring-fission, of a single nonaketide precursor chain.