fr901379

FR901379 is an echinocandin-like antifungal lipopeptide.1 It is active against C. albicans, C. krusei, C. tropicalis, C. utilis, A. fumigatus, and A. niger fungi (IC50s = <0.003-1.9 μg/ml). FR901379 is protective against C. albicans infection in mice (ED50 = 1.1 mg/kg). It also reduces the number of pulmonary cysts and trophozoites in a mouse model of P. carinii infection. |1. Fujie, A., Iwamoto, T., Sato, B., et al. FR131535, a novel water-soluble echinocandin-like lipopeptide: Synthesis and biological properties. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 11(3), 399-402 (2001).

FR179642 is the cyclic peptide nucleus of the lipopeptide antifungal FR901379 and an intermediate in the synthesis of the echinocandin antifungal FK463 .1,2 1.Tomishima, M., Ohki, H., Yamada, A., et al.FK463, a novel water-soluble echinocandin lipopeptide: Synthesis and antifungal activityJ. Antibiot. (Tokyo)52(7)674-676(1999) 2.Ueda, S., Shibata, T., Ito, K., et al.Cloning and expression of the FR901379 acylase gene from Streptomyces sp. no. 6907J. Antibiot. (Tokyo)64(2)169-175(2011)

FR179642 is an essential intermediate compound utilized in the synthesis of Micafungin, an antifungal drug belonging to the echinocandin class. It serves as the cyclic peptide foundation for the structurally similar antifungal lipopeptide FR901379.