| Literature DB >> 2167040 |
M S Osburne1, W M Maiese, M Greenstein.
Abstract
Cinodine, a broad-spectrum glycocinnamoylspermidine antibiotic, binds to DNA and irreversibly inhibits bacterial and phase DNA synthesis. Cinodine was found to inhibit the activity of Micrococcus luteus DNA gyrase in vitro, but it did not inhibit the activities of two other DNA-binding enzymes, namely, topoisomerase I and BamHI. Although we cannot yet conclude that DNA gyrase is an intracellular target of the drug, in vitro inhibition of the enzyme by cinodine appears to be specific.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2167040 PMCID: PMC176000 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.34.7.1450
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191