Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: Macquarimicin A was originally isolated as a microbial metabolite from Micromonospora chalcea [1]. A synthetic pathway to generate the Macquarimicin A structure has subsequently been reported [2]. It has some limited antibacterial activity, and has actvity as a neutral sphingomyelinase (N-SMase, sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase) inhibitor [3].
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Bioactivity Comments |
Macquarimicin A has very low activity against strains of Bacteroides and other anaerobes [1]. |