A myo-inositol dehydrogenase involved in aminocyclitol biosynthesis of hygromycin A

• Michael O. Akintubosun and
• Melanie A. Higgins

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 589–596, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.51

• Michael O. Akintubosun Melanie A. Higgins Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama, 3314 Science and Engineering Complex, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA 10.3762/bjoc.20.51 Abstract Hygromycin A is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that contains a furanose, cinnamic acid, and

• family containing Hyg17 and discuss genome mining strategies that target this protein family to identify biosynthetic clusters for natural product discovery. Keywords: aminocyclitol; biosynthesis; hygromycin A; inositol dehydrogenase; myo-inositol; Introduction Hygromycin A is a natural product that

• peptidyl transferase activity while the furanose group does not appear to be important for target inhibition [6][7]. In addition, hygromycin A contains a unique methylenedioxy group found on the aminocyclitol that is not required for ribosome interaction and in vitro inhibition [8]. Instead, it is

Anomeric modification of carbohydrates using the Mitsunobu reaction

• Julia Hain,
• Patrick Rollin,
• Werner Klaffke and
• Thisbe K. Lindhorst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1619–1636, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.138

• of hygromycin A, Donohoe et al. used a Mitsunobu glycosylation of 84 with the arabinose derivative 83. This reaction could be tuned to deliver the required β-arabinofuranoside building block 85 with high stereoselectivity and under the assistance of triisopropylsilyl (TIPS) protecting groups (Scheme