Keck B, Munder M, Renz P
Institut für Biologische Chemie und Ernährungswissenschaft, Universität Hohenheim, Garbenstrasse 30, D-70599 Stuttgart, Germany.
Arch Microbiol. 1998 Dec;171(1):66-8. doi: 10.1007/s002030050679.
In order to elucidate the biosynthesis of the base moiety of cobalamin in Salmonella typhimurium LT2, this organism was grown in the presence of [1'-14C]riboflavin. The vitamin B12 isolated was 14C-labeled. It was shown by chemical degradation that the 14C-label was exclusively localized in carbon atom 2 of the 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole moiety. This demonstrated the precursor function of riboflavin in the biosynthesis of 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole in S. typhimurium.