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Meleagrin, a new FabI inhibitor from Penicillium chryosogenum with at least one additional mode of action.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Zheng Chang Ji, Sohn Mi-Jin, Lee Sangku, Kim Won-Gon
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase (FabI) is a promising novel antibacterial target. We isolated a new class of FabI inhibitor from Penicillium chrysogenum, which produces various antibiotics, the mechanisms of some of them are unknown. The isolated FabI inhibitor was determined to be meleagrin by mass spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance spectral analyses, and its more active and inactive...
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