Effects of Atovaquone and Diospyrin-Based Drugs on Ubiquinone Biosynthesis in Pneumocystis carinii Organisms

The naphthoquinone atovaquone is effective against Plasmodium and Pneumocystis carinii carinii. In Plasmodium, the primary mechanism of drug action is an irreversible binding to the mitochondrial cytochrome bc(1) complex as an analog of ubiquinone. Blockage of the electron transport chain ultimately...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Antimicrob Agents Chemother
Hauptverfasser:	Kaneshiro, Edna S., Sul, Donggeun, Hazra, Banasri
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2000
Schlagworte:	Mechanisms of Action: Physiological Effects
Online-Zugang:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC89621/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10602716/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/aac.44.1.14-18.2000
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