TARGETED SCREENING FOR ELONGATION-FACTOR TU BINDING ANTIBIOTICS

Citation
E. Selva et al., TARGETED SCREENING FOR ELONGATION-FACTOR TU BINDING ANTIBIOTICS, Journal of antibiotics, 50(1), 1997, pp. 22-26
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Pharmacy",Immunology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
ISSN journal
00218820
Volume
50
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
22 - 26
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8820(1997)50:1<22:TSFETB>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The development of a screen targeted to antibiotics which bind elongat ion factor Tu (EF-Tu) is described. The method was based on selection of antimicrobial activities which were antagonized by exogenous EF-Tu. Kirromycin, a known inhibitor of EF-Tu, was positive in this screen. Among 47,000 microorganisms screened, several producers of kirromycin- type antibiotics were detected and the novel antibiotics GE2270 and GE 37468 were discovered. These thiopeptide molecules constitute, along w ith amithiamycin, a novel class of antibiotics acting on EF-Tu.