Pateamine A is a marine macrolide that is isolated from the sponge Mycale hentscheli and exhibits anticancer and antiviral properties. It has a role as a marine metabolite, an antiviral agent, an antineoplastic agent, and a eukaryotic initiation factor 4F inhibitor. It is a macrolide, a member of 1,3-thiazoles, a tertiary amino compound, a primary amino compound, and an olefinic compound. Pateamine A an inhibitor of eukaryotic translation.