Microorganism for breaking down moenomycins, a process for the breakdown, and the use of the breakdown products
AssigneeHoechst Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsWerner Aretz, Dirk Bottger, Gerhard Seibert, Alois Tumulka, Peter Welzel, Kurt Hobert
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Abstract
A new microorganism for breaking down moenomycins, a process for the breakdown, and the use of the breakdown products are disclosed. A new Bacillus species and the appropriate enzymes obtained therefrom can be used to break down phosphoglycolipid antibiotics. The breakdown products of moenomycins display antibiotic activity or can be used as building blocks for the synthetic preparation of transglycosylase inhibitors.
Claims4
The compound of formula II ##STR6## in which R.sup.1 is hydrogen and R.sup.2 is a branched or unbranched, unsaturated (C.sub.5 to C.sub.55)-alkyl group.
A compound having the formula ##STR7##
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.