Synonyms: homomycin | totomycin
Compound class:
Natural product
Comment: Hygromycin A is an antibacterial compound, isolated from Streptomyces hygroscopicus and first identified in 1953. It has recently been shown to have selective activity against spirochaetes, including Borrelia burgdorferi a species that causes Lyme disease [2].
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References |
1. Guerrero MD, Modolell J. (1980)
Hygromycin A, a novel inhibitor of ribosomal peptidyltransferase. Eur J Biochem, 107 (2): 409-14. [PMID:6156832] |
2. Leimer N, Wu X, Imai Y, Morrissette M, Pitt N, Favre-Godal Q, Iinishi A, Jain S, Caboni M, Leus IV et al.. (2021)
A selective antibiotic for Lyme disease. Cell, 184 (21): 5405-5418.e16. [PMID:34619078] |