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. 2022 Sep 22;13(11):1276–1299. doi: 10.1039/d2md00263a

Rifamycin modifying enzymes, example of hosts and the antibiotics that they deactivate40.

Enzyme Host Site modified Substrate
Glycosyltransferase (RGT)188,189 Nocardia brasiliensis, Streptomyces pseudogriseolus 23-OH Rifampicin, rifaximin, rifabutin, rifapentine
Phosphorylation (RPH)190 Actinobacteria spp., Clostridia spp., Bacillus anthracis, E. faecalis, L. monocytogenes 21-OH Rifampicin, rifaximin, rifabutin, rifapentine
ADP-ribosylation (Arr)30,191 M. smegmatis, P. aeruginosa, A. baumannii, some Enterobacteriaceae 23-OH Rifampicin, rifaximin, rifabutin, rifapentine
Monooxygenation + decomposition (Rox)192–194 Nocardia farcinica Naphthalene moiety Rifampicin, rifaximin, rifabutin, rifapentine