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An O-phosphotransferase catalyzes phosphorylation of hygromycin A in the antibiotic-producing organism Streptomyces hygroscopicus.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Oct 2008
Dhote Vidya, Gupta Shuchi, Reynolds Kevin A
Abstract excerpt
The antibiotic hygromycin A (HA) binds to the 50S ribosomal subunit and inhibits protein synthesis in gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. The HA biosynthetic gene cluster in Streptomyces hygroscopicus NRRL 2388 contains 29 open reading frames, which have been assigned putative roles in biosynthesis, pathway regulation, and self-resistance. The hyg21 gene encodes an O-phosphotransferase with a proposed role...
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