Albicidin
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albicidin-0-4909494
title:
Albicidin
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Albicidin is an antibiotic and phytotoxic molecule produced by the bacterium Xanthomonas albilineans which infects sugarcane causing leaf scald. As a phytotoxin, it acts by inhibiting the differentiation of chloroplasts. It accomplishes this by inhibiting DNA gyrase, and thereby preventing the replication of chloroplast DNA. As such it plays a major role in leaf scald disease. As a DNA gyrase inhibitor, albicindin also has potential therapeutic use as an antibiotic. Its antibiotic properties wer
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Chemical compound
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albicidin
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2023-11-08T08:01:33Z
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