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type Journal Article
authors Gu Y, Ni X, Ren J, Gao H, Wang D, Xia H.
title Biosynthesis of Epimers C2 and C2a in the Gentamicin C Complex.
journal Chembiochem.
Activity genb1
Family genb1
sel selected
ui 26083124.1
year (2015)
volume 16
number 13
pages 1933–1942
 
abstract Gentamicin is a broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic widely used to treat life-threatening bacterial infections. The gentamicin C complex consists of gentamicin C1, gentamicin C1a, and epimers gentamicin C2 and gentamicin C2a. At present there is a generally accepted pathway of gentamicin biosynthesis, except for detailed understanding of the epimerization process involving gentamicins C2 and C2a. Here we have investigated the biosynthesis of these epimers. JI-20B-an intermediate in the gentamicin biosynthetic pathway-and its epimer JI-20Ba were generated by in-frame deletion within genP, which encodes a phosphotransferase that catalyzes the first step of 3',4'-bisdehydroxylation in gentamicin biosynthesis. GenB1 and GenB2 are aminotransferases with different substrate specificities and enantioselectivities. JI-20Ba, containing a 6'S chiral amine, a precursor of gentamicin C2a, was synthesized from G418 by GenQ/GenB1 through sequential oxidation/transamination at C-6'. GenQ/GenB2 catalyzed the synthesis of JI-20B, containing a 6'R chiral amine, a precursor of gentamicin C2, from G418. GenB2 catalyzed the epimerization of JI-20Ba/JI-20B and of gentamicins C2a/C2.
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