Article
New aminocoumarin antibiotics from genetically engineered Streptomyces strains.
Current medicinal chemistry - 1 Jan 2005
Li S-M, Heide L
Abstract excerpt
The aminocoumarin antibiotics novobiocin, clorobiocin and coumermycin A(1) are produced by different Streptomyces strains and are potent inhibitors of DNA gyrase. The biosynthetic gene clusters of all three antibiotics have been cloned and sequenced, and the function of most genes contained therein has been elucidated. In the last years, a number of "unnatural" aminocoumarins could be generated using the genetic...
Topics
- Animals
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Coumarins
- Genetic Engineering
- Methyltransferases
- Mutation
- Streptomyces
