Reaction: 2'-deamino-2'-hydroxyneamine + 2-oxoglutarate = 2'-deamino-2'-hydroxy-6'-dehydroparomamine + L-glutamate
Other name(s): kacL (gene name)
Systematic name: 2'-deamino-2'-hydroxyneamine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase
Comments: The reaction occurs in vivo in the opposite direction. Involved in the biosynthetic pathway of kanamycin A and kanamycin D. The enzyme, characterized from the bacterium Streptomyces kanamyceticus, can also catalyse EC 2.6.1.93, neamine transaminase.
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References:
1. Park, J.W., Park, S.R., Nepal, K.K., Han, A.R., Ban, Y.H., Yoo, Y.J., Kim, E.J., Kim, E.M., Kim, D., Sohng, J.K. and Yoon, Y.J. Discovery of parallel pathways of kanamycin biosynthesis allows antibiotic manipulation. Nat. Chem. Biol. 7 (2011) 843-852. [PMID: 21983602]