| Literature DB >> 622161 |
G M Sheldrick, P G Jones, O Kennard, D H Williams, G A Smith.
Abstract
Vancomycin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic, inhibits the growth of cell walls by complex formation with peptides terminating in D-alanyl-D-alanine. The structure of vancomycin was determined by X-ray analysis of the degradation product CDP-I. A model of the complex is proposed based on this study and spectroscopic data.Entities:
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Year: 1978 PMID: 622161 DOI: 10.1038/271223a0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN: 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962