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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptides, Cyclic > Polymyxins > Colistin
Polycyclic Compounds > Macrocyclic Compounds > Peptides, Cyclic > Polymyxins > Colistin
Lipids > Lipopeptides > Polymyxins > Colistin
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Lipopeptides > Polymyxins > Colistin
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Antimicrobial Peptides > Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides > Polymyxins > Colistin
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins > Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides > Polymyxins > Colistin

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Colistin  

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Entry terms

  • Colimycin
  • Colisticin
  • Polymyxin E

Scope note

  • Cyclic polypeptide antibiotic from Bacillus colistinus. It is composed of Polymyxins E1 and E2 (or Colistins A, B, and C) which act as detergents on cell membranes. Colistin is less toxic than Polymyxin B, but otherwise similar; the methanesulfonate is used orally.

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