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Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Pyrimidines > Pyrimidine Nucleosides > Tunicamycin
Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides > Nucleosides > Pyrimidine Nucleosides > Tunicamycin
Carbohydrates > Glycosides > Nucleosides > Pyrimidine Nucleosides > Tunicamycin

Preferred term

Tunicamycin  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • an antibiotic; do not use /biosyn unless by living matter

Scope note

  • An N-acetylglycosamine containing antiviral antibiotic obtained from Streptomyces lysosuperificus. It is also active against some bacteria and fungi, because it inhibits the glucosylation of proteins. Tunicamycin is used as tool in the study of microbial biosynthetic mechanisms.

History note

  • 87(79); was see under GLUCOSAMINE 1979-86

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014415

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