The enzyme is highly specific for alpha-D-sedoheptulopyranose 7-phosphate. It requires a divalent metal ion (Zn2+ or Co2+) and an NAD+ cofactor, which is transiently reduced during the reaction. The enzyme is involved in the biosynthesis of C7N-aminocyclitol natural products, such as the valienamine moiety of the antidiabetic drug acarbose and the crop protectant validamycin A. cf. EC 4.2.3.155, 2-epi-valiolone synthase and EC 4.2.3.154, demethyl-4-deoxygadusol synthase.
Stratmann A, Mahmud T, Lee S, Distler J, Floss HG, Piepersberg W
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The AcbC protein from Actinoplanes species is a C7-cyclitol synthase related to 3-dehydroquinate synthases and is involved in the biosynthesis of the alpha-glucosidase inhibitor acarbose.
Choi WS, Wu X, Choeng YH, Mahmud T, Jeong BC, Lee SH, Chang YK, Kim CJ, Hong SK
Title
Genetic organization of the putative salbostatin biosynthetic gene cluster including the 2-epi-5-epi-valiolone synthase gene in Streptomyces albus ATCC 21838.