酵素の乱交性を悪用して,高度に選択的な抗真菌および抗増殖性アロエチン類のアナログの集中的なライブラリを設計する

Martina Werneburg1, Benjamin Busch, Jing He

  • 1Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI, Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry, Beutenbergstr. 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany.

まとめ

研究者らは,天然の産物であるオーレオチン (Aureothin) を改造して,新しい同類物を生み出した. いくつかの類似品は毒性が低下し,抗増殖効果が強化され,テトラヒドロフーランリングは抗真菌作用の鍵となる.

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