sant
Description	Pyridylhomothreonine aminotransferase (2.6.1.-)
Catalyzed reaction	4-pyridyl-2-oxo-4-hydroxyisovalerate + L-Aspartate = pyridylhomothreonine + oxaloacetate
Cofactor	Pyridoxal phosphate
	The enzyme sant is an essential protein for nikkomycin biosynthesis of Streptomyces ansochromogenes. Nikkomycins act as a competitive inhibitors of chitin synthetase and display potent activities against phytopathogenic and human pathogenic fungi.
Organisms	-Eubacteria
Links	Enzyme (activities) sant BRENDA (activities) sant KEGG (pathways) sant PLPMDB (PLP mutants) sant
References	Articles on sant
last changed	2019/06/20 13:13