Reveromycin B
Application Notes
Reveromycin B is an analogue of reveromycin A formed by rearrangement of the 6:6 spiroketal to a 5:6 spiroketal. Lacking much of the biological activity of reveromycin A, reveromycin B is a useful negative control in resolving the mode of action of this class.
References
- Reveromycins, new inhibitors of eukaryotic cell growth. II. Biological activities. Takahashi H. et al., J. Antibiot. 1992, 45, 1414.
- Identification of Saccharomyces cerevisiae isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase as a target of the G1-specific inhibitor Reveromycin A. Miyamoto Y., et al., J. Biol. Chem., 2002, 277, 28810.