:Hygromycin B 4-O-kinase

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| Name = Hygromycin B 4-O-kinase

| EC_number = 2.7.1.163

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Hygromycin B 4-O-kinase ({{EC number|2.7.1.163}}, hygromycin-B kinase) is an enzyme with systematic name ATP:hygromycin-B 4-O-phosphotransferase.{{cite journal | vauthors = Rao RN, Allen NE, Hobbs JN, Alborn WE, Kirst HA, Paschal JW | title = Genetic and enzymatic basis of hygromycin B resistance in Escherichia coli | journal = Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy | volume = 24 | issue = 5 | pages = 689–95 | date = November 1983 | pmid = 6318654 | pmc = 185926 | doi = 10.1128/aac.24.5.689 }} This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

: ATP + hygromycin B \rightleftharpoons ADP + 4-O-phosphohygromycin B

Phosphorylates the antibiotic hygromycin B.

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