1 / 4

Platensimycin (PTM) January 23 - 27

Platensimycin (PTM) January 23 - 27. By: Jordan Bills and Mason Cressall. Characteristics. Some of platensimycin’s characteristics include:. The chemical formula C24H27NO7. A molecular mass of 441.47 g/mol. A storage temperature of -20 ° C. It’s non-toxic. History of Platensimycin.

trapper
Download Presentation

Platensimycin (PTM) January 23 - 27

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Platensimycin (PTM)January 23 - 27 By: Jordan Bills and Mason Cressall

  2. Characteristics Some of platensimycin’s characteristics include: The chemical formula C24H27NO7 A molecular mass of 441.47 g/mol A storage temperature of -20° C It’s non-toxic

  3. History of Platensimycin Derived from Streptomycesplatensis, platensimycin is the most potent FabF (an enzyme) inhibitor. It’s best known use is as an antiseptic against bacterial infections. For instance, if a patient with Staphylococcus aureus is treated with platensimycin, then the Staphylococcus aureus is completely killed.

  4. References • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platensimycin • http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=841&content_id=CNBP_029125&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=28297c9a-4299-44f9-ab04-401ec7d30f30 • http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v441/n7091/abs/nature04784.html

More Related