CHEBI:59668 - nikkomycin

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ChEBI Name nikkomycin
ChEBI ID CHEBI:59668
Definition A class of nucleoside-peptide antibiotics which inhibit fungal chitin biosynthesis by inhibiting chitin synthase. Generally consist of a heterocyclic moiety (usually a nucleobase), an amino hexuronic acid and an amino acid containing a pyridine ring.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): nucleoside antibiotic

EC 2.4.1.16 (chitin synthase) inhibitor
A EC 2.4.1.* (hexosyltransferase) inhibitor that inhibits the action of chitin synthase (EC 2.4.1.16).
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Outgoing nikkomycin (CHEBI:59668) has role EC 2.4.1.16 (chitin synthase) inhibitor (CHEBI:59672)
nikkomycin (CHEBI:59668) has role nucleoside antibiotic (CHEBI:25605)
nikkomycin (CHEBI:59668) is a 5'-deoxyribonucleoside (CHEBI:36988)
Incoming nikkomycin Z (CHEBI:623918) is a nikkomycin (CHEBI:59668)
Synonym Source
nikkomycins ChEBI
Last Modified
25 June 2010