| EC |
2.7.1.179 |
| Accepted name: |
kanosamine kinase |
| Reaction: |
ATP + kanosamine = ADP + kanosamine 6-phosphate |
| Glossary: |
kanosamine = 3-amino-3-deoxy-D-glucose |
| Other name(s): |
rifN (gene name) |
| Systematic name: |
ATP:kanosamine 6-phosphotransferase |
| Comments: |
The enzyme from the bacterium Amycolatopsis mediterranei is specific for kanosamine. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc |
| References: |
| 1. |
Arakawa, K., Muller, R., Mahmud, T., Yu, T.W. and Floss, H.G. Characterization of the early stage aminoshikimate pathway in the formation of 3-amino-5-hydroxybenzoic acid: the RifN protein specifically converts kanosamine into kanosamine 6-phosphate. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124 (2002) 10644–10645. [DOI] [PMID: 12207505] |
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