Compound class:
Natural product
Comment: Pacidamycin is a nucleoside antibacterial compound that was obtained from the culture broth of Streptomyces coeruleorubidus [2-3]. It inhibits phospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-pentapeptide-transferase (MraY, translocase I), an essential enzyme in bacterial peptidoglycan biosynthesis.
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LIPID-PHOSPHOACETYLMURAMYL-PENTAPEPTIDE AND LIPID-PHOSPHODISACCHARIDE-PENTAPEPTIDE: PRESUMED MEMBRANE TRANSPORT INTERMEDIATES IN CELL WALL SYNTHESIS. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 53 (4): 881-9. [PMID:14324547] |
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The initial stage in peptidoglycan synthesis. IV. Solubilization of phospho-N-acetylmuramyl-pentapeptide translocase. Biochemistry, 8 (4): 1474-81. [PMID:5805290] |
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EVIDENCE FOR AN INITIAL ACCEPTOR OF UDP-NAC-MURAMYL-PENTAPEPTIDE IN THE SYNTHESIS OF BACTERIAL MUCOPEPTIDE. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 18: 6-12. [PMID:14265759] |