Reaction: tetracycline + oxidized coenzyme F420 = 5a,11a-dehydrotetracycline + reduced coenzyme F420
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Other name(s): oxyR (gene name); 12-dehydrotetracycline dehydrogenase; dehydrooxytetracycline dehydrogenase; 12-dehydrotetracycline reductase
Systematic name: tetracycline:coenzyme F420 dehydrogenase
Comments: The enzyme, characterized from the bacteria Streptomyces aureofaciens and Streptomyces rimosus, catalyses the last step in the biosynthesis of the tetracycline antibiotics tetracycline and oxytetracycline.
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References:
1. McCormick, J.R.D., Hirsch, U., Sjolander, N.O. and Doerschuk, A.P. Cosynthesis of tetracyclines by pairs of Streptomyces aureofaciens mutants. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 82 (1960) 5006-5007.
2. Miller, P.A., Sjolander, N.O., Nalesnyk, S., Arnold, N., Johnson, S., Doerschuk, A.P. and McCormick, J.R.D. Cosynthetic factor I, a factor involved in hydrogen-transfer in Streptomyces aureofaciens. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 82 (1960) 5002-5003.
3. McCormick, J.R.D. and Morton, G.O. Identity of cosynthetic factor I of Streptomyces aureofaciens and fragment FO from coenzyme F420 of Methanobacterium species. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 104 (1982) 4014-4015.
4. Wang, P., Bashiri, G., Gao, X., Sawaya, M.R. and Tang, Y. Uncovering the enzymes that catalyze the final steps in oxytetracycline biosynthesis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135 (2013) 7138-7141. [PMID: 23621493]