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My research group is involved in the investigation of various methyltransferases and their inhibitors.  One of the best inhibitors is the naturalproduct,sinefungin. I just discovered that the usual vendors of sinefungin (Sigma, ICN, Calbiochem) no longer sell this compound as they are unsure of future availability. I believe the supplier was Eli Lilly. 

1-  Does anyone know of alternate commercial vendors for this compound?

2-  If your current or potential research may be affected by this lack of a vendor for this compound, could you drop me a line?  Perhaps if we had a sufficient number of requests we might be able to secure alternate availability for sinefungin (i.e. total synthesis, isolation from the original strain, etc)..


Many thanks.

John Honek
Department of Chemistry
University of Waterloo
Waterloo,Ontario
Canada N2L 3G1
phone: 519-888-4567 ext 5817
fax: 519-746-0435
email: jhonek@chemistry.watstar.uwaterloo.ca