(−)-Maduropeptin chromophore C-5 methanol adduct Maduropeptin consists of a 1:1 complex of a carrier protein (MdpA) and a

chromophore A chromophore is the part of a molecule responsible for its color. The word is derived . The color that is seen by our eyes is that of the light not Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), absorbed by the reflecting object within a certain wavele ...

isolated from '' Actinomadura madurae''. The chromophore has an

enediyne Enediynes are organic compounds containing two triple bonds and one double bond. Enediynes are most notable for their limited use as antitumor antibiotics (known as enediyne anticancer antibiotics). They are efficient at inducing apoptosis in c ...

structure and is an antibiotic with anticancer activity.

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