Valienamine is a C-7 aminocyclitol found as a substructure of pseudooligosaccharides such as the antidiabetic drug acarbose[1] and the antibiotic validamycin. It can be found in Actinoplanes species.[2]
It is an intermediate formed by microbial degradation of validamycins.[3]
References
- ^ Laube, Heiner (March 2002). "Acarbose An Update of Its Therapeutic Use in Diabetes Treatment". Clinical Drug Investigation. 22 (3): 141–156. doi:10.2165/00044011-200222030-00001.
- ^ Zhang CS, Stratmann A, Block O, et al. (June 2002). "Biosynthesis of the C(7)-cyclitol moiety of acarbose in Actinoplanes species SE50/110. 7-O-phosphorylation of the initial cyclitol precursor leads to proposal of a new biosynthetic pathway". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (25): 22853–62. doi:10.1074/jbc.M202375200. PMID 11937512.
- ^ CID 193758 from PubChem
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