Bioinformatic analysis of a PLP-dependent enzyme superfamily suitable for biocatalytic applications

F Steffen-Munsberg, C Vickers, H Kohls, H Land… - Biotechnology …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this review we analyse structure/sequence–function relationships for the superfamily of
PLP-dependent enzymes with special emphasis on class III transaminases. Amine …

Advances in riboswitch‐based biosensor as food samples detection tool

X Dong, S Qi, IM Khan, Y Sun… - … Reviews in Food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Food safety has always been a hot issue of social concern, and biosensing has been widely
used in the field of food safety detection. Compared with traditional aptamer‐based …

Biosynthetic Origin of the octose core and its mechanism of assembly during apramycin biosynthesis

PH Fan, S Sato, YC Yeh, H Liu - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Apramycin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic isolated from Streptoalloteichus tenebrarius and
S. hindustanus that has found clinical use in veterinary medicine. The apramycin structure is …

Biosynthetic genes for aminoglycoside antibiotics

F Kudo, T Eguchi - The Journal of antibiotics, 2009 - nature.com
Biosynthetic studies of aminoglycoside antibiotics have progressed remarkably during the
last decade. Many biosynthetic gene clusters for aminoglycoside antibiotics including …

Delineating the biosynthesis of gentamicin X2, the common precursor of the gentamicin C antibiotic complex

C Huang, F Huang, E Moison, J Guo, X Jian, X Duan… - Chemistry & Biology, 2015 - cell.com
Gentamicin C complex is a mixture of aminoglycoside antibiotics used worldwide to treat
severe Gram-negative bacterial infections. Despite its clinical importance, the enzymology of …

Discovery of parallel pathways of kanamycin biosynthesis allows antibiotic manipulation

JW Park, SR Park, KK Nepal, AR Han, YH Ban… - Nature chemical …, 2011 - nature.com
Kanamycin is one of the most widely used antibiotics, yet its biosynthetic pathway remains
unclear. Current proposals suggest that the kanamycin biosynthetic products are linearly …

Characterization of a Radical S-Adenosyl-l-methionine Epimerase, NeoN, in the Last Step of Neomycin B Biosynthesis

F Kudo, S Hoshi, T Kawashima… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The last step of neomycin biosynthesis is the epimerization at C-5‴ of neomycin C to give
neomycin B. A candidate enzyme responsible for the epimerization was a putative radical S …

2-Deoxystreptamine-containing aminoglycoside antibiotics: recent advances in the characterization and manipulation of their biosynthetic pathways

SR Park, JW Park, YH Ban, JK Sohng… - Natural product reports, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2007 to September 2012The 2-deoxystreptamine-containing aminoglycosides,
such as neomycin, kanamycin and gentamicin, are an important class of antibiotics. A …

Aminoglycoside antibiotics: new insights into the biosynthetic machinery of old drugs

F Kudo, T Eguchi - The Chemical Record, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Deoxystreptamine (2DOS) is the unique chemically stable aminocyclitol scaffold of clinically
important aminoglycoside antibiotics such as neomycin, kanamycin, and gentamicin, which …

The biosynthesis of nitrogen-, sulfur-, and high-carbon chain-containing sugars

CI Lin, RM McCarty, H Liu - Chemical Society reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbohydrates serve many structural and functional roles in biology. While the majority of
monosaccharides are characterized by the chemical composition (CH2O) n, modifications …