Compound class:
Natural product
Comment: Mureidomycins are ureidyl peptide nucleoside antibacterial compounds, originally isolated from the culture broth of Streptomyces flavidoviridens as a mixture of four components (mureidomycin A-D) [3]. We show the structure for mureidomycin C which is reported to have the most potent antibacterial activity [5]. Functionally, mureidomycin C inhibits phospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-pentapeptide-transferase (MraY, translocase I) [4], an essential enzyme in bacterial peptidoglycan biosynthesis.
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Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects ![]() |
Mureidomycin C is one of a number of nucleoside antibacterial natural products that interfere with bacterial cell wall synthesis by inhibiting phospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-pentapeptide-transferase (MraY). This essential enzyme catalyzes the first reaction in the biosynthesis of the cell wall peptidoglycan, transfering the peptidoglycan precursor phospho-MurNAc-pentapeptide to the membrane lipid carrier undecaprenyl phosphate, yielding undecaprenyl-pyrophosphoryl-MurNAc-pentapeptide (lipid I) [1-2,6]. |