IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.3.1.209

Accepted name: dTDP-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-D-glucose acyltransferase

Reaction: acetyl-CoA + dTDP-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-α-D-glucose = CoA + dTDP-4-acetamido-4,6-dideoxy-α-D-glucose

Other name(s): VioB

Systematic name: acetyl-CoA:dTDP-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-α-D-glucose N-acetyltransferase

Comments: The non-activated product, 4-acetamido-4,6-dideoxy-α-D-glucose, is part of the O antigens of Shigella dysenteriae type 7 and Escherichia coli O7.

References:

1. Wang, Y., Xu, Y., Perepelov, A.V., Qi, Y., Knirel, Y.A., Wang, L. and Feng, L. Biochemical characterization of dTDP-D-Qui4N and dTDP-D-Qui4NAc biosynthetic pathways in Shigella dysenteriae type 7 and Escherichia coli O7. J. Bacteriol. 189 (2007) 8626-8635. [PMID: 17905981]

[EC 2.3.1.209 created 2012]


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