Virginiamycin M1 is a macrolide antibiotic. It is a member of the streptogramin A group of antibiotics, which bind the 50S ribosomal subunit at the peptidyl transferase center to inhibit initiation and translocation. They show good bactericidal activity against methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), although...

Macrolide antibiotic, peptidyl transferase inhibitor, protein translation inhibitor.

Ostreogrycin A also commonly referred to as virginiamycin M1 or streptogramin A is the major component of the "virginamycin complex". In the 1950s this complex was independently discovered so many times the literature became highly confusing. Ostreogrycin A is a macrocyclic lactone antibiotic that acts...