Walkmycin B targets WalK (YycG), a histidine kinase essential for bacterial cell growth.
Okada A, Igarashi M, Okajima T, Kinoshita N, Umekita M, Sawa R, Inoue K, Watanabe T, Doi A, Martin A, Quinn J, Nishimura Y, Utsumi R.
Okada A, et al.
J Antibiot (Tokyo). 2010 Feb;63(2):89-94. doi: 10.1038/ja.2009.128. Epub 2010 Jan 8.
J Antibiot (Tokyo). 2010.
PMID: 20057515
MICs of walkmycin B against B. subtilis and S. aureus were 0.39 and 0.20 microg ml(-1), and IC(50) measurements against WalK were 1.6 and 5.7 microM, respectively. ...These results suggest that walkmycin B inhibits WalK autophosphorylation by binding to the WalK cyt …
MICs of walkmycin B against B. subtilis and S. aureus were 0.39 and 0.20 microg ml(-1), and IC(50) measurements against WalK were 1.6 …