IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 6.7.1.1

Accepted name: 3-amino-2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzoate diazotase

Reaction: ATP + 3-amino-2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzoate + nitrite = AMP + diphosphate + cremeomycin + H2O

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Glossary: cremeomycin = 6-carboxy-2-diazonio-3-methoxyphenolate

Other name(s): creM (gene name)

Systematic name: 3-amino-2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzoate:nitrite ligase (AMP-forming)

Comments: The enzyme, characterized from Streptomyces cremeus, catalyses the last step in the biosynthesis of the ortho-diazoquinone cremeomycin.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number:

References:

1. Waldman, A.J. and Balskus, E.P. Discovery of a diazo-forming enzyme in cremeomycin biosynthesis. J. Org. Chem. 83 (2018) 7539-7546. [PMID: 29771512]

[EC 6.7.1.1 created 2021]


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