skyllamycin

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skyllamycin (plural skyllamycins)

  1. (organic chemistry) Either of a pair of cyclodepsipeptides that are produced by bacteria and fungi and are pharmaceutically used as antibacterials, immunosuppressives, cytostatics and antihelmintics.
    • 2016 February 19, “Prediction of Certain Well-Characterized Domains of Known Functions within the PE and PPE Proteins of Mycobacteria”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      The cytochrome P450 encoded (sky32) is associated with the skyllamycin biosynthesis gene cluster.
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