Meanings
nounrimocidin (uncountable)
- uncountableA macrolide antifungal agent isolated from Streptomyces rimosus
The observed chromatographic profile of polyene production is consistent with the putative role of rimJ in controlling the cellular balance of ethylmalonyl-CoA (or possibly ethylmalonyl-CoA and butyryl-CoA) needed as starter unit for rimocidin production.
2015 August 19, “New Rimocidin/CE-108 Derivatives Obtained by a Crotonyl-CoA Carboxylase/Reductase Gene Disruption in Streptomyces diastaticus var. 108: Substrates for the Polyene Carboxamide Synthase PcsA”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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