Paleomycin — The 'Frankenstein molecule' (IMAGE)

Cluster of Excellence “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections” (CMFI)

Paleomycin — The 'Frankenstein molecule'

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To understand how the ancestor of today's glycopeptide antibiotics—such as vancomycin, ristomycin and teicoplanin—might have looked like, the researchers used a combination of bioinformatics, genetic and biochemical methods to bring the putative ancestral antibiotic "paleomycin" or "Frankenstein molecule" to life. Illustration Leon Kokkoliadis, Libera Lo Presti and Johanna Stegmann with BioRender. © University of Tübingen / CMFI

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Illustration Leon Kokkoliadis, Libera Lo Presti and Johanna Stegmann with BioRender. © University of Tübingen / CMFI

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