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- noun A natural
antibiotic , related toplatensimycin , occurring in strains of Streptomyces platensis
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Examples
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Platensimycin and platencin are inhibitors of FabF and FabF
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While platensimycin failed to inhibit mycobacterial Mt-FabH, it would be interesting to examine whether platencin is active against Mt-FabH.
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Both platensimycin and platencin are structurally similar.
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Platensimycin contains a pentacyclic motif with a cyclic ether ring, whereas platencin contains a unique tetracyclic motif without the ether ring
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