S. Murao et al., ISOLATION OF PROPIOXATIN-A FROM ACTINOSYNNEMA SP SI-23 DURING A SCREENING FOR SERRATIA-PISCATORUM METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITORS, Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 61(3), 1997, pp. 561-562
An inhibitor of Serratia metalloproteinase was found in the cultured b
roth of strain SI-23, which was identified to be Actinosynnema sp. The
inhibitor had a potent inhibitory effect on Serratia metalloproteinas
e and a weak effect on thermolysin, but no effect on other groups of p
roteinases, The structure of the inhibitor was deduced to be propioxat
in A, reported as an enkephalinase B inhibitor.