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Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D054714
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D054714
Preferred Name

Echinocandins

Definitions
Cyclic hexapeptides of proline-ornithine-threonine-proline-threonine-serine. The cyclization with a single non-peptide bond can lead them to be incorrectly called DEPSIPEPTIDES, but the echinocandins lack ester links. Antifungal activity is via inhibition of 1,3-beta-glucan synthase production of BETA-GLUCANS.
Synonyms
Pneumocandin
Mulundocandins
Pneumocandins
Aculeacins
Echinocandin
Aculeacin
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
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