Reaction: dTDP-β-L-4-epi-vancosamine + desvancosaminyl-vancomycin = dTDP + chloroorienticin B
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Glossary: dTDP-β-L-4-epi-vancosamine = dTDP-3-amino-2,3,6-trideoxy-3-methyl-β-L-arabino-hexopyranose
desvancosaminyl-vancomycin = vanomycin pseudoaglycone
Other name(s): GtfA
Systematic name: dTDP-L-4-epi-vancosamine:desvancosaminyl-vancomycin vancosaminyltransferase
Comments: The enzyme from the bacterium Amycolatopsis orientalis is involved in the biosynthesis of the glycopeptide antibiotic chloroeremomycin.
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References:
1. Mulichak, A.M., Losey, H.C., Lu, W., Wawrzak, Z., Walsh, C.T. and Garavito, R.M. Structure of the TDP-epi-vancosaminyltransferase GtfA from the chloroeremomycin biosynthetic pathway. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100 (2003) 9238-9243. [PMID: 12874381]
2. Lu, W., Oberthur, M., Leimkuhler, C., Tao, J., Kahne, D. and Walsh, C.T. Characterization of a regiospecific epivancosaminyl transferase GtfA and enzymatic reconstitution of the antibiotic chloroeremomycin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101 (2004) 4390-4395. [PMID: 15070728]