title: Biosynthesis of theobroxide and its related compounds, metabolites of Lasiodiplodia theobromae.
abstract: Administration of (13)C labeled acetates ([1-(13)C], [2-(13)C] and [1,2-(13)C(2)] to Lasiodiplodia theobromae showed the tetraketide origins of both theobroxide, a potato-tuber inducing substance [1, (1S, 2R, 5S, 6R)-3-methyl-7-oxa-bicyclo[4.1.0]hept-3-en-2,5-diol]) and its carbonyldioxy derivative [2, (1S, 4R, 5S, 6R)-7,9-dioxa-3-methyl-8-oxobicyclo [4.3.0]-2-nonene-4,5-diol]. The incorporation of acetate-derived hydrogen into 1 and 2 was studied using [2-(2)H(3), 2-(13)C]acetate. Three and one deuterium atoms were incorporated at one methyl and epoxy carbons, respectively. The observed loss of deuterium atoms from the methyl group suggests a considerable amount of exchange from the methyl group of [2-(2)H(3), 2-(13)C]acetate during biosynthesis of 1 and 2. Incorporation of [1-(13)C]- and [1,2-(13)C(2)]acetates indicates the carbonyl carbon of the carbonyldioxy derivative is derived from the carboxy carbon of the precursor.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, Division of Applied Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita 9, Nishi 9, Kita ku, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Takei
authors.forename: Kosaku
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Kensuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nabeta
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000737:chemistry*; D003510:Cyclohexanes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004852:Epoxy Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D003510:Cyclohexanes; D004852:Epoxy Compounds; C496818:theobroxide