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Nucleotidylation of unsaturated carbasugar in validamycin biosynthesis.
Organic & biomolecular chemistry - 21 Jan 2011
Yang Jongtae, Xu Hui, Zhang Yirong, Bai Linquan, Deng Zixin, Mahmud Taifo
Abstract excerpt
Validamycin A is a member of microbial-derived C(7)N-aminocyclitol family of natural products that is widely used as crop protectant and the precursor of the antidiabetic drug voglibose. Its biosynthetic gene clusters have been identified in several Streptomyces hygroscopicus strains, and a number of genes within the clusters have been functionally analyzed. Of these genes, valB, which encodes a sugar...
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