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Patulin biosynthesis: enzymatic and nonenzymatic transformations of the mycotoxin (E)-ascladiol. |
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| Authors: | J Sekiguchi T Shimamoto Y Yamada G M Gaucher |
| Abstract: | A mycotoxin, (E)-ascladiol, was established as a direct precursor of patulin in cell-free preparations of Penicillium urticae patulin-minus mutants J1 and S11, but not S15. Isomerization to a side product, (Z)-ascladiol, was nonenzymatically catalyzed by sulfhydryl compounds. |
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