Reaction: 1-deoxy-11β-hydroxypentalenate + NAD+ = 1-deoxy-11-oxopentalenate + NADH + H+
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Glossary: 1-deoxy-11β-hydroxypentalenate = (1S,2R,3aR,5aS,8aR)-2-hydroxy-1,7,7-trimethyl-1,2,3,3a,5a,6,7,8-octahydrocyclopenta[c]pentalene-4-carboxylate
1-deoxy-11-oxopentalenate = (1S,3aR,5aS)-1,7,7-trimethyl-2-oxo-1,2,3,3a,5a,6,7,8-octahydrocyclopenta[c]pentalene-4-carboxylate
Other name(s): 1-deoxy-11β-hydroxypentalenic acid dehydrogenase; ptlF (gene name); penF (gene name)
Systematic name: 1-deoxy-11β-hydroxypentalenate:NAD+ oxidoreductase
Comments: Isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces avermitilis and present in many other Streptomyces species. Part of the pathway for pentalenolactone biosynthesis.
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References:
1. You, Z., Omura, S., Ikeda, H. and Cane, D.E. Pentalenolactone biosynthesis: Molecular cloning and assignment of biochemical function to PtlF, a short-chain dehydrogenase from Streptomyces avermitilis, and identification of a new biosynthetic intermediate. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 459 (2007) 233-240. [PMID: 17178094]