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1423351

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-2
pubmed:abstractText
Using two enzymes purified from the white-rot fungus, Polyporus obtusus, 5% solutions of D-glucose have been quantitatively converted in vitro into D-arabino-hexos-2-ulose (D-glucosone) and subsequently into a compound having antimicrobial activity. The antibiotic has been shown by nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectroscopy to be chemically identical to a previously described fungal metabolite known as cortalcerone. Based on kinetic analysis of the synthetic process, a pathway for the biosynthesis of cortalcerone is proposed, involving both chemical rearrangement and enzymically catalyzed steps. Two enzymes, pyranose 2-oxidase and a previously uncharacterized D-arabino-hexos-2-ulose-utilizing enzyme, may be sufficient for the biosynthesis of cortalcerone from glucose in vivo. The D-arabino-hexos-2-ulose-utilizing enzyme dehydrates certain aldosuloses and has been named aldos-2-ulose dehydratase. The enzyme, which appears to be a dimer of 95-kDa subunits, has been purified 450-fold. Additional properties of aldos-2-ulose dehydratase are described, including its apparent ability to catalyze two different steps in the proposed biosynthetic pathway for cortalcerone.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0008-6215
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
232
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
59-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Synthesis of the antibiotic cortalcerone from D-glucose using pyranose 2-oxidase and a novel fungal enzyme, aldos-2-ulose dehydratase.
pubmed:affiliation
Cetus Corporation, Department of Protein Chemistry, Emeryville, California 94608.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article