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EC 1.14.11.37 Details
EC number
1.14.11.37
Accepted name
kanamycin B dioxygenase
Reaction
kanamycin B + 2-oxoglutarate + O2 = 2′-dehydrokanamycin A + succinate + NH3 + CO2
Other name(s)
kanJ (gene name)
Systematic name
kanamycin-B,2-oxoglutarate:oxygen oxidoreductase (deaminating, 2′-hydroxylating)
Comment
Requires Fe2+ and ascorbate. Found in the bacterium Streptomyces kanamyceticus where it is involved in the conversion of the aminoglycoside antibiotic kanamycin B to kanamycin A.
History
created 2013, modified 2013
EC Tree
1.14.11.5 created 1972, deleted 1976