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Biosynthesis of 3″-demethyl-gentamicin C components by genN disruption strain of Micromonospora echinospora and test their antimicrobial activities in vitro.
Microbiological research - 1 Apr 2016
Ni Xianpu, Zong Tingting, Zhang Hongyu, Gu Yawen, Huang Miaoling, Tian Wei, Xia Huanzhang
Abstract excerpt
Gentamicin consists primarily of four components, which have different patterns of methylation at C-6' position. The methyl groups have a significant impact on gentamicin antimicrobial activity. Sequence analysis predicted that GenN was a methyltransferase in the gentamicin biosynthetic pathway. To study the function of genN, it was disrupted in Micromonospora echinospora. The genN disruption strains produced...
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