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Crystal structure and mechanism of the Staphylococcus cohnii virginiamycin B lyase (Vgb).
Biochemistry - 8 Apr 2008
Lipka Magdalena, Filipek Renata, Bochtler Matthias
Abstract excerpt
The semisynthetic streptogramin antibiotic quinupristin/dalfopristin (trade name Synercid, Aventis Pharma) is a mixture of the A-type streptogramin dalfopristin and the B-type streptogramin quinupristin, a capped hexapeptide macrolactone. Quinupristin/dalfopristin was developed to combat multidrug resistant pathogens, but suffers from its own problems with drug resistance. Virginiamycin B lyase (Vgb) inactivates...
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