Pradimicins and Benanomicins
Polycyclic aromatic polyketides with pentacyclic angular dihydrobenzo(a)naphthacenequinone skeletons. Pradimicin- and related benanomicin-type polyphenols are produced by Actinobacteria, e.g., ACTINOMADURA, using type II polyketide synthase involving condensation of one acetyl-CoA and nine malonyl-CoA. Pradimicins and benanomicins have an amino acid (e.g., D-ALANINE) and often a 5-O-sugar and bind to terminal D-mannosides of the cell wall of various fungi, e.g., CANDIDA. In addition to antifungal activity many pradimicins and benanomicins have anti-HIV activities.
Also Known As:
Pradimicin Like Polyketides; Pradimicin Type Polyphenols; Benanomicin Antibiotics; Benanomicin and Pradimicin Antibiotics; Benanomicinones; Benanomicins; Benanomicins and Pradimicins; Pradimicin Antibiotics; Pradimicin and Benanomicin Antibiotics; Pradimicin-Like Polyketides; Pradimicin-Type Polyphenols; Pradimicinones; Pradimicins
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1. | Balzarini, Jan:
2 articles
(07/2015 - 08/2013)
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2. | De Simone, Irene:
1 article
(07/2015)
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3. | Francesconi, Oscar:
1 article
(07/2015)
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4. | Gabrielli, Gabriele:
1 article
(07/2015)
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5. | Liekens, Sandra:
1 article
(07/2015)
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6. | Nativi, Cristina:
1 article
(07/2015)
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7. | Noppen, Sam:
1 article
(07/2015)
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8. | Roelens, Stefano:
1 article
(07/2015)
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9. | Hoorelbeke, Bart:
1 article
(08/2013)
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10. | Igarashi, Yasuhiro:
1 article
(08/2013)
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