Aquayamycin Explained

Aquayamycin is an anthraquinone derivative.[1] It is an inhibitor of the enzyme tyrosine hydroxylase.

Saquayamycins (saquayamycins A, B, C and D) are antibiotics of the aquayamycin group found in Streptomyces nodosus cultures broth.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Sezaki . M. . Kondo . S. . Maeda . K. . Umezawa . H. . Ono . M. . The structure of aquayamycin . 10.1016/S0040-4020(01)98726-5 . Tetrahedron . 26 . 22 . 5171–5190 . 1970 . 5499897.
  2. 10.7164/antibiotics.38.1171 . Uchida . T. . Imoto . M. . Watanabe . Y. . Miura . K. . Dobashi . T. . Matsuda . N. . Sawa . T. . Naganawa . H. . Hamada . M. . Takeuchi . T. . Umezawa . H. . Saquayamycins, new aquayamycin-group antibiotics . The Journal of Antibiotics . 38 . 9 . 1171–1181 . 1985 . 3840796. free .

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