Group at CAS Kunming Institute of Botany solves biosynthetic pathway of vibralactone, a fused bicyclic beta-lactone and a pancreatic lipase inhibitor

The antibiotic is produced by Boreostereum vibrans, a patch fungus. The biosynthetic pathway was resolved using 13C-NMR tracer methods.

CAS press release, February 28, 2013; Peiji Zhao et al., 2013, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201208182

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