Reaction: 4-amino-4-deoxyprephenate + NAD+ = 3-(4-aminophenyl)pyruvate + CO2 + NADH + H+
Other name(s): cmlC (gene name); papC (gene name)
Systematic name: 4-amino-4-deoxyprephenate:NAD+ oxidoreductase (decarboxylating)
Comments: The enzyme, characterized from the bacteria Streptomyces venezuelae and Streptomyces pristinaespiralis, participates in the biosynthesis of the antibiotics chloramphenicol and pristinamycin IA, respectively. cf. EC 1.3.1.12, prephenate dehydrogenase.
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References:
1. Blanc, V., Gil, P., Bamas-Jacques, N., Lorenzon, S., Zagorec, M., Schleuniger, J., Bisch, D., Blanche, F., Debussche, L., Crouzet, J. and Thibaut, D. Identification and analysis of genes from Streptomyces pristinaespiralis encoding enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of the 4-dimethylamino-L-phenylalanine precursor of pristinamycin I. Mol. Microbiol. 23 (1997) 191-202. [PMID: 9044253]
2. He, J., Magarvey, N., Piraee, M. and Vining, L.C. The gene cluster for chloramphenicol biosynthesis in Streptomyces venezuelae ISP5230 includes novel shikimate pathway homologues and a monomodular non-ribosomal peptide synthetase gene. Microbiology 147 (2001) 2817-2829. [PMID: 11577160]