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SUBMITTER: Nakatsuji T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5834004 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Science advances 20180228 2
We report the discovery that strains of <i>Staphylococcus epidermidis</i> produce 6-<i>N</i>-hydroxyaminopurine (6-HAP), a molecule that inhibits DNA polymerase activity. In culture, 6-HAP selectively inhibited proliferation of tumor lines but did not inhibit primary keratinocytes. Resistance to 6-HAP was associated with the expression of mitochondrial amidoxime reducing components, enzymes that were not observed in cells sensitive to this compound. Intravenous injection of 6-HAP in mice suppres ...[more]