A 3-oxo steroid that is andrastin C in which the acetoxy group at the 3beta position has undergone formal oxidative cleavage to afford the corresponding 3-oxo derivative. A farnesyltransferase inhibitor produced by Penicillium roqueforti, a filamentous fungus involved in the ripening of several kinds of blue cheeses.
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An EC 2.5.1.* (non-methyl-alkyl or aryl transferase) inhibitor that interferes with the action of protein farnesyltransferase (EC 2.5.1.58), one of the three enzymes in the prenyltransferase group.