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- Name help_outline 2-nitroimidazole Identifier CHEBI:67135 (CAS: 527-73-1) help_outline Charge 0 Formula C3H3N3O2 InChIKeyhelp_outline YZEUHQHUFTYLPH-UHFFFAOYSA-N SMILEShelp_outline [O-][N+](=O)c1ncc[nH]1 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 1 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline H2O Identifier CHEBI:15377 (Beilstein: 3587155; CAS: 7732-18-5) help_outline Charge 0 Formula H2O InChIKeyhelp_outline XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N SMILEShelp_outline [H]O[H] 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 6,048 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline 1,3-dihydro-2H-imidazol-2-one Identifier CHEBI:51022 (Beilstein: 105774; CAS: 5918-93-4) help_outline Charge 0 Formula C3H4N2O InChIKeyhelp_outline AICIYIDUYNFPRY-UHFFFAOYSA-N SMILEShelp_outline O=c1[nH]cc[nH]1 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 1 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline H+ Identifier CHEBI:15378 Charge 1 Formula H InChIKeyhelp_outline GPRLSGONYQIRFK-UHFFFAOYSA-N SMILEShelp_outline [H+] 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 9,176 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline nitrite Identifier CHEBI:16301 (CAS: 14797-65-0) help_outline Charge -1 Formula NO2 InChIKeyhelp_outline IOVCWXUNBOPUCH-UHFFFAOYSA-M SMILEShelp_outline [O-]N=O 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 65 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
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Publications
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Catabolic pathway for 2-nitroimidazole involves a novel nitrohydrolase that also confers drug resistance.
Qu Y., Spain J.C.
Antibiotic resistance in pathogens can be mediated by catabolic enzymes thought to originate from soil bacteria, but the physiological functions and evolutionary origins of the enzymes in natural ecosystems are poorly understood. 2-Nitroimidazole (2NI) is a natural antibiotic and an analogue of th ... >> More
Antibiotic resistance in pathogens can be mediated by catabolic enzymes thought to originate from soil bacteria, but the physiological functions and evolutionary origins of the enzymes in natural ecosystems are poorly understood. 2-Nitroimidazole (2NI) is a natural antibiotic and an analogue of the synthetic nitroimidazoles used for treatment of tuberculosis, Chagas' disease and cancer. Mycobacterium sp. JS330 was isolated from soil based on its ability to use 2NI as a sole growth substrate. The initial step in the degradation pathway is the hydrolytic denitration of 2NI to produce imidazol-2-one and nitrite. The amino acid sequence of 2NI nitrohydrolase is highly divergent from those of biochemically characterized enzymes, and it confers drug resistance when it is heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli. The unusual enzymatic reaction seems likely to determine the flux of nitroimidazole in natural ecosystems and also represents the discovery of a previously unreported drug resistance mechanism in soil before its identification in clinical situations. << Less