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SUBMITTER: Takahata S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1538662 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Takahata Sho S Iida Maiko M Osaki Yumi Y Saito Jun J Kitagawa Hideo H Ozawa Tomohiro T Yoshida Takuji T Hoshiko Shigeru S
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20060801 8
AG205 was identified from high-throughput screening as a potent inhibitor of FabK, the enoyl-ACP reductase in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Specific inhibition of lipid biosynthesis in a macromolecular biosynthesis assay and identification of an Ala141Ser substitution in FabK from spontaneous AG205-resistant mutants indicated that AG205 exerts antibacterial activity against S. pneumoniae through the specific inhibition of FabK. ...[more]