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Mechanism of action of diazaborines.
Biochemical pharmacology - 15 May 1998
Baldock C, de Boer G J, Rafferty J B, Stuitje A R, Rice D W
Abstract excerpt
The diazaborine family of compounds have antibacterial properties against a range of gram-negative bacteria. Initially, this was thought to be due to the prevention of lipopolysaccharide synthesis. More recently, the molecular target of diazaborines has been identified as the NAD(P)H-dependent enoyl acyl carrier protein reductase (ENR), which catalyses the last reductive step of fatty acid synthase. ENR from...
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