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Biosynthesis of the fungal xanthone ravenelin
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BiologyIndustrial MycologyBiosynthesisEngineeringBiochemistryFungal Cell BiologyNatural SciencesOxygenated Benzophenone DerivativeFungal Xanthone RavenelinNatural Product BiosynthesisCarbon-14 Labelling ExperimentsFungal PhysiologyMicrobiologySymbiosisBiomolecular Engineering
Carbon-13 and carbon-14 labelling experiments have shown that the fungal xanthone ravenelin (1) is acetatederived. Enrichment studies with [1,2–13C]acetate have demonstrated that an oxygenated benzophenone derivative is an intermediate in the biosynthetic pathway.