EXPERIMENTAL DRUGS / POTENTIAL ANTIBIOTIC THERAPIES AGAINST M. ULCERANS
Streptomycin
CLASS
Aminoglycoside
TARGET PROTEIN
hinders formyl-methionyl-tRNA to bind with bacterial ribosomal 30S subunit
MECHANISM OF ACTION
Bactericidal effect or Bacteriostatic (It is a protein synthesis inhibitor that hinders binding of formyl-methionyl-tRNA to the bacterial ribosomal 30S subunit)
DRUG INTERACTION PHASE (APPROVED, INVESTIGATIONAL, EXPERIMENTAL)
Approved
MODE OF ADMINISTRATION
Injectable
LINK TO PUBMED
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32091697/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30136733/
SIMILAR TARGETS IN OTHER SPECIES
Ribosomal RNA ~ Enteric bacteria and other eubacteria
DRUG BANK ID
DB01082
EXTERNAL LINKS
Human Metabolome Database HMDB0015214 KEGG Compound C00413 PubChem Compound 19649 PubChem Substance 46506845 ChemSpider 18508 BindingDB 50103513 RxNav 10109 ChEBI 17076 ChEMBL CHEMBL372795 ZINC ZINC000008214681 Drugs.com Drugs.com Drug Page https://www.drugs.com/cdi/streptomycin.html Wikipedia Streptomycin
REFERENCE
Yotsu, R. R., Richardson, M., & Ishii, N. (2018). Drugs for treating Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans disease). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018(8). https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012118.pub2 Pluschke, G., & Röltgen, K. (2019). Buruli ulcer: Mycobacterium ulcerans disease. In Buruli Ulcer: Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11114-4