Biosynthesis of the aflatoxin precursor sterigmatocystin by Aspergillus versicolor; spin-echo resolution of 18O isotope shifts in 13C-n.m.r. spectroscopy
Abstract
Locations of oxygen-18 label in an aflatoxin precursor, sterigmatocystin, derived from sodium [1-13C,18O2]-acetate were determined using a spin-echo pulse sequence [90°-τ-180°-τ-acquisition, where τ= 1/(2JC-C)] in 13C-n.m.r. spectroscopy to resolve isotope shifts from interfering carbon–carbon couplings(JC-C).