Abstract
α-Pyrones and natural products featuring an α-pyrone moiety are well known from bacteria, fungi, plants and animals, and they exhibit a wide range of biological activities. The germicidins are a family of microbial α-pyrone natural products, featuring a 4-hydroxy-α-pyrone core with varying alkyl substitutions at C-3 and C-6 (Figure 1). Identified as the first autoregulators of spore germination in Streptomyces, germicidin A (1) and B were first isolated from Streptomyces viridochromogenes NRRL B-1551 and subsequently re-isolated from S. coelicolor.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 200-203 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | The Journal of Antibiotics |
Volume | 70 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 10 Aug 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 10 Aug 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |