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SUBMITTER: Torkkell S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC89689 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Torkkell S S Kunnari T T Palmu K K Hakala J J Mäntsälä P P Ylihonko K K
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20000201 2
Nogalamycin is an anthracycline antibiotic produced by Streptomyces nogalater. Its aglycone has a unique stereochemistry (7S, 9S, 10R) compared to that of most other anthracyclines (7S, 9R, 10R). The gene snoaL, encoding a nogalonic acid methyl ester cyclase for nogalamycin, was used to generate nogalamycinone, demonstrating that the single cyclase dictates the C-9 stereochemistry of anthracyclines. ...[more]