GEPHYRONIC ACID, A NOVEL INHIBITOR OF EUKARYOTIC PROTEIN-SYNTHESIS FROM ARCHANGIUM-GEPHYRA (MYXOBACTERIA) - PRODUCTION, ISOLATION, PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES, AND MECHANISM OF ACTION

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作者
SASSE, F [1 ]
STEINMETZ, H [1 ]
HOFLE, G [1 ]
REICHENBACH, H [1 ]
机构
[1] GESELL BIOTECHNOL FORSCH MBH,NATURSTOFFBIOL ABT,D-38124 BRAUNSCHWEIG,GERMANY
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10.7164/antibiotics.48.21
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
A new antibiotic compound, gephyronic acid was isolated from the culture broth of the myxobacterium, Archangium gephyra strain Ar 3895. Up to 3 mg/liter was produced during the logarithmic and stationary growth phase. The compound is an aliphatic acid, which tends to form a hemiacetal. Both forms inhibited growth of yeasts and molds (MIC 1 similar to 25 mu g/ml) and had a cytostatic effect on mammalian cell cultures (IC50 10 similar to 60 ng/ml). Gephyronic acid is a specific inhibitor of eukaryotic protein sythesis showing an IC50 of 1 similar to 2 x 10(-7) mol/liter in an in vitro translation assay.
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