Manumycin A is an antibiotic that acts as a potent and selective farnesyltransferase (FTase) inhibitor with anti-tumor activity. It inhibits rat brain FTase with a Ki value of 1.2 μM, thereby preventing Ras activation which requires farnesylation at the C-terminus for membrane attachment. It exhibits significant antitumor activity against Ki-ras-activated solid tumors in mice at a dose of 6.3 mg/kg. Manymycin A inhibits IκB kinase (IKK), independent of FTase inhibition, in an number of cells types with effective concentrations of 2-10 μM. In ApoE-deficient mice, Manumycin A treatment for 22 weeks at 5 mg/kg reduced aortic fatty streak lesion size to 43% of vehicle-treated animals, indicating FTase inhibition as a potential target for prevention or treatment of atherosclerosis.
Manumycin A is an antibiotic that acts as a potent and selective farnesyltransferase (FTase) inhibitor with anti-tumor activity.
Manumycin A from Streptomyces parvulus has been used to inhibit IκB kinase (IKK)b?nuclear κ-B essential modulator (NEMO) interaction in the homogeneous time-resolved fluorescence (HTRF)-based binding assay.
ChEBI: Manumycin A is a polyketide with formula C31H38N2O7 initially isolated from Streptomyces parvulus as a result of a random screening program for farnesyl transferase (FTase) inhibitors. It is a natural product that exhibits anticancer and antibiotic properties. It has a role as an EC 1.8.1.9 (thioredoxin reductase) inhibitor, an EC 2.5.1.58 (protein farnesyltransferase) inhibitor, an antineoplastic agent, an apoptosis inducer, an antimicrobial agent, a bacterial metabolite, an antiatherosclerotic agent and a marine metabolite. It is a polyketide, an enamide, an epoxide, an organic heterobicyclic compound, a secondary carboxamide and a tertiary alcohol.
Manumycin A is a natural monomeric epoxyquinoid. It has an ability to inhibit tumor necrosis factor (TNF) induced IκB kinase (IKK) activity in various cell types. In addition, manumycin A exhibits anti-tumor property by inhibiting farnesylation of oncogenic Ras.
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