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The predominant host-selective toxin fromCochliobolus victoriae, victorin C, is a peptide with an apparent mol. wt of 796, representing a cyclic array of the subunits1–6. The structure of the toxin has now been established as in16 through analysis of the degradation products generated by enzymic and non-enzymic partial hydrolysis. The presence of a hydrated aldehydo group requires for victorin C the composition C31H45O13N6Cl3 with an amended mol. wt of 814, for which independent experimental support has been secured.
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Wolpert, T.J., Macko, V., Acklin, W. et al. Structure of victorin C, the major host-selective toxin from Cochliobolus victoriae. Experientia 41, 1524–1529 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01964789
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