Compound ID | 53
Class: Antimicrobial peptide
| Agent Type: | Natural product; Direct acting; |
| Spectrum of activity: | Gram-positive |
| Mechanism of action: | Cell wall synthesis inhibitor. Likely inhibits flippase activity or transglycosylation step also resulting in the inhibition of C55-PP dephosphorylation |
| Target Pathogen: | Active against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin resistant Enterococcus sp. |
| Description: | Natural product from soil bacterium Lysobacter sp. strain BMK333-48F3; a tripropeptin lipodepsipeptide |
| Institute where first reported: | Laboratory of Disease Biology, Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan |
| Year first mentioned: | 2001 |
| Development status: | Experimental |
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| PubChem link: | https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/58960776 |
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