Validamycin Explained
Validamycin is an antibiotic and fungicide produced by Streptomyces hygroscopicus. It is used as an inhibitor of trehalase.[1] It is used for the control of sheath blight of rice and damping-off of cucumbers.
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- Li . H. . Su . H. . Kim . S. B. . Chang . Y. K. . Hong . S. K. . Seo . Y. G. . Kim . C. J. . 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2011.09.018 . Enhanced production of trehalose in Escherichia coli by homologous expression of otsBA in the presence of the trehalase inhibitor, validamycin A, at high osmolarity . . 2011 . 22036231 . 113 . 2 . 224–32.