Compound ID | 604
Class: Natural product antibiotic
| Agent Type: | Natural product; Direct acting; |
| Spectrum of activity: | Antimycobacterial |
| Mechanism of action: | Mycolic acid synthesis inhibitor. MraY inhibitor; interferes with cell-wall synthesis by inhibiting transfer of the peptidoglycan precursor moiety (MurNAc-pentapeptide) to the membrane lipid carrier, undecaprenyl phosphate |
| Target Pathogen: | Active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| Description: | Natural product from Streptomyces sp. |
| Institute where first reported: | Meiji Seika Kaisha, Japan |
| Year first mentioned: | 2002 |
| Development status: | Experimental |
| Reason dropped: | IV only; modest anti-tubercular activity, low intracellular activity. Not great in vivo activity. Many analogues made. Permeability and efflux problems |
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| PubChem link: | https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/9854993 |
| Guide to Pharmacology: | caprazamycin B |
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