Article
Pacidamycin Biosynthesis: Identification and Heterologous Expression of the First Uridyl Peptide Antibiotic Gene Cluster
27 Jul 2010
Abstract excerpt
The pacidamycins are antimicrobial nucleoside antibiotics produced by Streptomyces coeruleorubidus that inhibit translocase I, an essential bacterial enzyme yet to be clinically targeted. The novel pacidamycin scaffold is composed of a pseudopeptide backbone linked by a unique exocyclic enamide to an atypical 3'-deoxyuridine nucleoside. In addition, the peptidyl chain undergoes a double inversion caused by the...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
