Synonyms: tunicamycin A | tunicamycin B2 | tunicamycin V
Compound class:
Natural product
Comment: Tunicamycin is a nucleoside antibacterial compound, originally isolated from culture broth of Streptomyces lysosuperificus [1]. It inhibits phospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-pentapeptide-transferase (MraY, translocase I), an essential enzyme in bacterial peptidoglycan biosynthesis.
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Compound class | Natural product |
Synonyms ![]() |
tunicamycin A | tunicamycin B2 | tunicamycin V |
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Specialist databases | |
Antibiotic DB
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Tunicamycin |
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BindingDB Ligand | 50537412 |
CAS Registry No. | 66054-36-2 (source: Scifinder) |
ChEBI | CHEBI:64250 |
ChEMBL Ligand | CHEMBL4534172 |
GtoPdb PubChem SID | 500839920 |
PubChem CID | 11104835 |
RCSB PDB Ligand | 9LH |
Search Google for chemical match using the InChIKey | MEYZYGMYMLNUHJ-DIRMKAHISA-N |
Search Google for chemicals with the same backbone | MEYZYGMYMLNUHJ |
UniChem Compound Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | MEYZYGMYMLNUHJ-DIRMKAHISA-N |
UniChem Connectivity Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | MEYZYGMYMLNUHJ-DIRMKAHISA-N |
Wikipedia | Tunicamycin |
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