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Bicyclomycin discovered in 1972, has a | Bicyclomycin, discovered in 1972, has a structure that is unique among antibiotics. Currently used to treat nonspecific diarrhea, it has a low toxicity, and no cross-resistance with other antibiotics has yet been found. It is effective against many Gram-negative bacteria. | ||
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Revision as of 15:18, 6 October 2011
Bicyclomycin, discovered in 1972, has a structure that is unique among antibiotics. Currently used to treat nonspecific diarrhea, it has a low toxicity, and no cross-resistance with other antibiotics has yet been found. It is effective against many Gram-negative bacteria. [1]
Mode of Action
Bicyclomycin inhibits Rho by being a reversible, noncompetitive inhibitor of ATP. [1]
Structure
Targets
Bicyclomycin targets the transcription termination factor Rho [2]
Mechanisms of Resistance
Mutations that affect sensitivity
Genes in E. coli that affect sensitivity to bicyclomycin. <ref name='PMID:21357484'/
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