skyllamycin

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noun

Either of a pair of cyclodepsipeptides that are produced by bacteria and fungi and are pharmaceutically used as antibacterials, immunosuppressives, cytostatics and antihelmintics.

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nounskyllamycin (plural skyllamycins)

plural skyllamycins

  1. chemistryEither of a pair of cyclodepsipeptides that are produced by bacteria and fungi and are pharmaceutically used as antibacterials, immunosuppressives, cytostatics and antihelmintics.

    The cytochrome P450 encoded (sky32) is associated with the skyllamycin biosynthesis gene cluster.

    2016 February 19, “Prediction of Certain Well-Characterized Domains of Known Functions within the PE and PPE Proteins of Mycobacteria”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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