In recent years, a large-scale survey on temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD) revealed relationships between painful TMD and factors such as genetics, health status, psychosocial factors and these findings indicate the significant progress made in TMD research. 1,2 Nevertheless, the aetiology of TMD remains poorly understood and, consequently, customised medical and dental therapy for individual patients suffering from symptoms of TMD has not been established, primarily because the pathophysiology
The cytochrome P450 enzyme RosC catalyzes a two-step, hydroxylation and alcohol oxidation, oxidation reaction to form the C-20 formyl group in the biosynthesis of a 16-membered macrolide antibiotic rosamicin produced by Micromonospora rosaria IFO13697. RosC is presumed to be involved in the formation of 20-carboxyrosamicin because it has been isolated from the culture broth of M. rosaria. Here, we confirmed that RosC has catalytic activity, with E. coli expressing RosC converting rosamicin into 20-carboxyrosamicin. Therefore, it was revealed that RosC is a multifunctional P450 that catalyzes a three-step oxidation reaction that leads to the formation of the hydroxyl group, formyl group and carboxyl group at C-20 on the macrolactone ring in the rosamicin biosynthetic pathway. Moreover, the cytochrome P450 enzyme TylI, which is involved in formation of the formyl group of a 16-membered macrolide antibiotic tylosin produced by Streptomyces fradiae ATCC 19609, also converted rosamicin into 20-carboxyrosamicin.
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