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Myxobacteria, producers of novel bioactive substances.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11780785     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Myxobacteria are soil bacteria that move by gliding and have an astonishing life cycle culminating in fruiting body formation. In a research program at the Gesellshaft für Biotechnologische Forschung over the past 25 years the organisms have been shown to be a rich source of potentially useful secondary metabolites. So far about 80 different basic compounds and 450 structural variants have been characterized. Many of those compounds were new. It is particularly remarkable that myxobacteria specialize in mechanisms of action that are very rare with other producers. Thus 20 new electron transport inhibitors, 10 substances that act on the cytoskeleton, four inhibitors of nucleic acid polymerases, and one inhibitor of fungal acetyl-CoA carboxylase, a novel mechanism of action, have been found.
Authors:
H Reichenbach
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology     Volume:  27     ISSN:  1367-5435     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol.     Publication Date:  2001 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-01-08     Completed Date:  2002-05-10     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9705544     Medline TA:  J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  149-56     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
GBF, Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung, Abteilung Naturstoffbiologie, Braunschweig, Germany.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Actins / metabolism
Bacterial Proteins / biosynthesis*,  pharmacology
DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / antagonists & inhibitors
Deltaproteobacteria / metabolism*
Electron Transport / drug effects
Soil Microbiology
Tubulin / metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Actins; 0/Bacterial Proteins; 0/Tubulin; EC 2.7.7.6/DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases

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