Compound ID | 2170
Class: Rifamycin
| Agent Type: | Natural product; Small molecule; Direct acting; |
| Spectrum of activity: | Gram-positive & Antimycobacterial |
| Mechanism of action: | Protein synthesis inhibitor. Inhibits transcription by binding into rifampicin-binding pocket on the beta-subunit of RNAP, however, has substituents that afford additional binding contacts to overcome rifampicin-resistance mutations |
| Target Pathogen: | Active against Mycobacteriasome Arr-encoding bacteria including MDR Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| Description: | Natural product produced by Nocardia mediterranei var. kanglensis |
| Year first mentioned: | 2018 |
| Development status: | Experimental |