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Advanced mutasynthesis studies on the natural α-pyrone antibiotic myxopyronin from Myxococcus fulvus.
Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology - 13 Apr 2015
Sahner J Henning, Sucipto Hilda, Wenzel Silke C, Groh Matthias, Hartmann Rolf W, Müller Rolf
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Myxopyronin is a natural α-pyrone antibiotic from the soil bacterium Myxococcus fulvus Mx f50. Myxopyronin inhibits bacterial RNA polymerase (RNAP) by binding to a part of the enzyme not targeted by the clinically used rifamycins. This mode of action makes myxopyronins promising molecules for the...
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