Abstract
The potent antimycobacterial activity of (±)-platencin is reported. Complete inhibition of Mycobacterium smegmatis growth was observed at MICs of 0.5 μg mL-1 and 0.3 μg mL-1 under aerobic and hypoxic conditions, respectively. Notably, the compound exhibited potent bacteriostatic activities towards Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (MIC = 2 μg mL-1), multi-drug-resistant M. tuberculosis (MIC = 1 μg mL-1), and extensively drug-resistant M. tuberculosis (MIC = 1 μg mL-1). An overexpression study of the transformants of M. smegmatis revealed that platencin selectively targeted Mt-KasB and modestly inhibited Mt-KasA and Mt-FabH.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 720-723 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | MedChemComm |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Medicine
- Pharmacology
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Drug Discovery
- Organic Chemistry