Compound ID | 372
Class: Antimicrobial peptide
| Agent Type: | Natural product; Direct acting; |
| Spectrum of activity: | Gram-positive |
| Mechanism of action: | Cell wall synthesis inhibitor. Transglycosylase inhibitor; VanA-type inhibitor |
| Target Pathogen: | Active against VanA type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| Description: | Natural product from Pseudomonas sp.; Maki H, Miura K, Yamano Y, et al. Katanosin B and plusbacin A3: inhibitors of cell wall synthesis in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. 39th-ICAAC 1999;329. |
| Institute where first reported: | Shionogi; St. Marianna University School of Medicine; Toho University School of Medicine |
| Year first mentioned: | 1992 |
| Development status: | Experimental |
| Reason dropped: | This is likely to have been due to poor pharmacokinetics |
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| PubChem link: | https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/122404412 |
| Guide to Pharmacology: | plusbacin A3 |
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