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CHEBI:53271 - esperamicin
| ChEBI ID | CHEBI:53271 |
| ChEBI Name | esperamicin |
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| Definition | Members of a class of potent antitumour enediyne antibiotics produced by cultures of Actinomadura verrucosospora and Micromonospora echinospora. They contain a bicyclo[7.3.1]tridecane system which combines a methyl trisulfide and double and triple bonds in a 3-ene-1,5-diyne relationship. |
| Last Modified | 27 October 2014 |
| Submitter | Marcus Ennis |
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| Roles Classification |
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| Biological Role: | antimicrobial agent A substance that kills or slows the growth of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoans. |
| ChEBI Ontology |
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| Outgoing Relation(s) |
| esperamicin (CHEBI:53271) is a enediyne antibiotic (CHEBI:53268) |
| Incoming Relation(s) |
| esperamicin A1 (CHEBI:53273) is a esperamicin (CHEBI:53271) |
| Synonym | Source |
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| esperamicins | ChEBI |
| Manual Xrefs | Databases |
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| Esperamicin | Wikipedia |