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SUBMITTER: Molohon KJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4852872 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molohon Katie J KJ Saint-Vincent Patricia M B PMB Park Seongjin S Doroghazi James R JR Maxson Tucker T Hershfield Jeremy R JR Flatt Kristen M KM Schroeder Nathan E NE Ha Taekjip T Mitchell Douglas A DA
ACS infectious diseases 20151223 3
Plantazolicin (PZN) is a ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified natural product from <i>Bacillus methylotrophicus</i> FZB42 and <i>Bacillus pumilus</i>. Extensive tailoring to twelve of the fourteen amino acid residues in the mature natural product endows PZN with not only a rigid, polyheterocyclic structure, but also antibacterial activity. Here we report a remarkably discriminatory activity of PZN toward <i>Bacillus anthracis</i>, which rivals a previously-described gamma (γ ...[more]