Synonyms: erizomycin
Compound class:
Natural product
Comment: Pyridomycin is a natural product with potent antimycobacterial activity, produced by the Actinobacteria Streptomyces pyridomyceticus and Dactylosporangium fulvum, and which was first reported in 1953 [3]. It is an inhibitor of Mycobacterium enoyl acyl carrier protein reductase (InhA) [2], a clinically validated target and key enzyme involved in the synthesis of mycolic acid, an essential component of the mycobacterial cell wall.
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Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects ![]() |
Pyridomycin reduces mycolic acid synthesis in M. tuberculosis, by inhibiting InhA directly as a competitive inhibitor of the NADH‐binding site [2]. In a further study, the co-crystal structure revealed that pyridomycin blocks both the NADH cofactor- and lipid substrate-binding pockets of InhA [1]. |