Takikawa Hirosato, Kamatani Naoki, Nakanishi Kohei, Tashiro Takuya, Sasaki Mitsuru, Yoshida Hiromi, Mizushina Yoshiyuki
Department of Agrobioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Japan.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2008 Nov;72(11):3071-4. doi: 10.1271/bbb.80629. Epub 2008 Nov 7.
Kohamaic acid A is a potent DNA polymerase inhibitor isolated from the Okinawan marine sponge Ircinia sp. A series of structurally simplified analogs of kohamaic acid A were synthesized with the aim of evaluating structure-activity relationships.