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SUBMITTER: Ushimaru R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6446896 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ushimaru Richiro R Liu Hung-Wen HW
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20190130 6
Albomycins are peptidyl thionucleoside natural products that display antimicrobial activity against clinically important pathogens. Their structures are characterized by a thioheptose with atypical stereochemistry including a d-xylofuranose ring modified with a d-amino acid moiety. Herein it is demonstrated that AbmH is a pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent transaldolase that catalyzes a threo-selective aldol-type reaction to generate the thioheptose core with a d-ribofuranose ring and an l-a ...[more]