The biosynthesis of 3-amino-5-hydroxybenzoic acid (AHBA), the precursor of mC 7 N units in ansamycin and mitomycin antibiotics: A review

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-44

  Floss, Heinz G ^a   Yu, Tin Wein ^b   Arakawa, Kenji ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 amino 5 hydroxybenzoic acid; aminoshikimate pathway; ansamitocins; ansamycins; kanosamine; mitomycin; rifamycin

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 5 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ANSAMITOCIN P 3; ANSAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; CELL ENZYME; GELDANAMYCIN; MITOMYCIN C; MITOMYCIN DERIVATIVE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; RIFAMYCIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AROMATIZATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG STRUCTURE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW;

ACTINOMYCETALES; AMINOBENZOIC ACIDS; HYDRO-LYASES; MITOMYCIN; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RIFABUTIN;

EID: 79251634441     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2010.139     Document Type: Review

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