MeSH definition : Polycyclic polyketides with distinctive ladder shaped multiple polyether motifs. In
STREPTOMYCES polycyclic polyketide backbones are assembled by type I modular polyketide
synthases which then are modified by epoxidase and epoxide hydrolase to achieve their
stereochemistry. Polyether ionophore antibiotics coordinate alkali metal cations with
their multiple oxygen atoms which disturbs sodium/potassium concentration gradient.
They are widely used to treat and control COCCIDIOSIS. Structurally related MARINE
LADDER POLYETHERS are neurotoxins.;
Polycyclic polyketides with distinctive ladder shaped multiple polyether motifs. In
STREPTOMYCES polycyclic polyketide backbones are assembled by type I modular polyketide
synthases which then are modified by epoxidase and epoxide hydrolase to achieve their
stereochemistry. Polyether ionophore antibiotics coordinate alkali metal cations with
their multiple oxygen atoms which disturbs sodium/potassium concentration gradient.
They are widely used to treat and control COCCIDIOSIS. Structurally related MARINE
LADDER POLYETHERS are neurotoxins.