Tunicamine
Product Specifications
CAS Number
66054-53-3
UNSPSC Description
Tunicamine is a high carbohydrate antibiotic that is part of the structure of Tunicamycin. Tunicamycin is a nucleoside antibiotic and a reversible polyprenol-phosphate inhibitor[1][2][3].
Target Antigen
Antibiotic
Type
Reference compound
Related Pathways
Anti-infection
Applications
COVID-19-immunoregulation
Field of Research
Infection
Assay Protocol
https://www.medchemexpress.com/tunicamine.html
Smiles
O[C@@H]1[C@@H](N)C(O)O[C@H](C[C@@H](O)[C@@H]2[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O)C(O)O2)[C@@H]1O
Molecular Weight
311.29
References & Citations
[1]Astani EK,et al. Intermolecular Interactions of Nucleoside Antibiotic Tunicamycin with On-Target MraYCB-TUN and Off-Target DPAGT1-TUN in the Active Sites Delineated by Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics Calculations. ACS Omega. 2022 Sep 6;7(37):32970-32987.|[2]Sasai H, et al. Synthetic Approach Toward Antibiotic Tunicamycins-VII Synthesis of Tunicamine and Tunicaminyl Uracil Derivative. Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry, 1985, 4(1): 99-112.|[3]Tsvetanova BC, et al. Biosynthesis of tunicamycin and metabolic origin of the 11-carbon dialdose sugar, tunicamine. J Biol Chem. 2002 Sep 20;277(38):35289-96.
Shipping Conditions
Room temperature
Clinical Information
No Development Reported
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