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. 1983 Jun;45(6):1939–1942. doi: 10.1128/aem.45.6.1939-1942.1983

Patulin biosynthesis: enzymatic and nonenzymatic transformations of the mycotoxin (E)-ascladiol.

J Sekiguchi, T Shimamoto, Y Yamada, G M Gaucher
PMCID: PMC242563  PMID: 6881967

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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