| Literature DB >> 9589062 |
M Ojika1, Y Suzuki, A Tsukamoto, Y Sakagami, R Fudou, T Yoshimura, S Yamanaka.
Abstract
New bithiazole-type antibiotics, cystothiazoles A (C20H26N2O4S2) and B (C20H26N2O5S2), have been isolated from a culture broth of the myxobacterium, Cystobacter fuscus. The gross structures of these compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic analysis, and their absolute stereochemistry was determined by chemical degradation of cystothiazole A. Cystothiazole A inhibits fungi and human tumor cells, whereas it is inactive against bacteria. The antifungal activity appears to result from the inhibition of submitochondrial NADH oxidation. Although these compounds are structurally related to the known antibiotic myxothiazol, cystothiazole A was more active against fungi and less cytotoxic than myxothiazol.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9589062 DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.51.275
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Antibiot (Tokyo) ISSN: 0021-8820 Impact factor: 2.649