Antibiotic glycosyltransferases: Antibiotic maturation and prospects for reprogramming

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 3425-3436

  Walsh, Christopher ^a   Freel Meyers, Caren L ^a   Losey, Heather C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; BLEOMYCIN; CHLOROEREMOMYCIN; CLADINOSE; CLOROBIOCIN; COUMAMYCIN A1; DAUNORUBICIN; DIOLIVOSYLTETRACENOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE DEXTRO MANNOSE; NOVOBIOCIN; ORITAVANCIN; RAMOPLANIN; REBECCAMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TEICOPLANIN AGLYCONE; THMIDINE DIPHOSPHATE LEVO VANCOSAMINE; THYMIDINE DIPHOSPHATE 4 KETO 6 DEOXYGLUCOSE; THYMIDINE DIPHOSPHATE DEXTRO GLUCOSE; THYMIDINE DIPHOSPHATE LEVO EPIVANCOSAMINE; THYMIDINE DIPHOSPHATE LEVO NOVIOSE; THYMIDINE DIPHOSPHATE NOVOVIOSE; THYMIDINE DIPHOSPHATE VANCOSAMINE; TYLOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; URDAMYCIN C; VANCOMYCIN AGLYCONE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BINDING; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CATALYSIS; COUMARINS; GLYCOPEPTIDES; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HEXOSES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 0042844760     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm030257i     Document Type: Conference Paper

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