Streptomyces_toxytricini

<i>Streptomyces toxytricini</i>

Streptomyces toxytricini

Species of bacterium

Streptomyces toxytricini is a Gram-positive bacterium belonging to the genus Streptomyces. It produces the pancreatic lipase inhibitor lipstatin,[1] of which the antiobesity drug orlistat is a derivative.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Weibel E, Hadvary P, Hochuli E, Kupfer E, Lengsfeld H (1987). "Lipstatin, an inhibitor of pancreatic lipase, produced by Streptomyces toxytricini. I. Producing organism, fermentation, isolation and biological activity". J Antibiot (Tokyo). 40 (8): 1081–5. doi:10.7164/antibiotics.40.1081. PMID 3680018.
  2. [2]
    Barbier P, Schneider F (1987). "Syntheses of tetrahydrolipstatin and absolute configuration of tetrahydrolipstatin and lipstatin". Helvetica Chimica Acta. 70 (1): 196–202. doi:10.1002/hlca.19870700124.

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