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Synonyms: A-500359 B | antibiotic 446-S3-1
Compound class:
Natural product
Comment: Capuramycin is a nucleoside antibacterial compound, with activity against Gram-positive bacteria and mycobacteria, and that was initially isolated from the culture filtrate of Streptomyces griseus 446-S3 [...]. It inhibits phospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-pentapeptide-transferase (MraY, translocase I) [...], an essential enzyme in bacterial peptidoglycan biosynthesis.
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Bioactivity Comments |
Capuramycin inhibits MraY with an IC50 of 0.018 μM [...]. MIC for antibacterial activity in vitro is 12.5 μg/ml against Streptococcus pneumoniae and 3.13 μg/ml against Mycobacterium smegmatis [...]. |