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11702

Bacitracin

from Bacillus licheniformis, ≥65 IU/mg

Synonym(s):

Altracin, Bacitracin A

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C66H103N17O16S
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
1422.69
NACRES:
NA.85
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
51282002
EC Number:
215-786-2
MDL number:
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biological source

Bacillus licheniformis

Quality Level

form

powder

specific activity

≥65 IU/mg

color

white to pale buff

antibiotic activity spectrum

Gram-positive bacteria

mode of action

cell wall synthesis | interferes

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

[H]N1[C@@H](Cc2cnc[nH]2)C(=O)N[C@H](CC(O)=O)C(=O)N[C@@H](CC(N)=O)C(=O)NCCCC[C@H](NC(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@@H](CCC(O)=O)NC(=O)[C@H](CC(C)C)NC(=O)C3CSC(=N3)C(N)C(C)CC)[C@@H](C)CC)C(=O)N[C@H](CCCN)C(=O)N[C@@H]([C@@H](C)CC)C(=O)N[C@H](Cc4ccccc4)C1=O

InChI

1S/C66H103N17O16S/c1-9-35(6)52(69)66-81-48(32-100-66)63(97)76-43(26-34(4)5)59(93)74-42(22-23-50(85)86)58(92)83-53(36(7)10-2)64(98)75-40-20-15-16-25-71-55(89)46(29-49(68)84)78-62(96)47(30-51(87)88)79-61(95)45(28-39-31-70-33-72-39)77-60(94)44(27-38-18-13-12-14-19-38)80-65(99)54(37(8)11-3)82-57(91)41(21-17-24-67)73-56(40)90/h12-14,18-19,31,33-37,40-48,52-54H,9-11,15-17,20-30,32,67,69H2,1-8H3,(H2,68,84)(H,70,72)(H,71,89)(H,73,90)(H,74,93)(H,75,98)(H,76,97)(H,77,94)(H,78,96)(H,79,95)(H,80,99)(H,82,91)(H,83,92)(H,85,86)(H,87,88)/t35?,36-,37-,40-,41+,42+,43-,44+,45-,46-,47+,48?,52?,53-,54-/m0/s1

InChI key

CLKOFPXJLQSYAH-RNHDWVCBSA-N

General description

Chemical structure: peptide

Application

Bacitracin is used to study disruption of bacterial cell wall synthesis at the level of peptidoglycan biosynthesis and isoprenyl metabolism. It is also used to study the biosynthesis of sterols and squalene.
Bacitracin has been used:
  • as a protease inhibitor
  • as a control antibiotic
  • for the calibration in size exclusion chromatography

Biochem/physiol Actions

Bacitracin has been shown to decrease vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium population in intestine.
Bacitracin is a peptide antibiotic.
Antimicrobial spectrum: Gram-positive bacteria.
Mode of Action: Inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis by inhibiting dephosphorylation of lipid pyrophosphate.

Packaging

5G, 25 G

Other Notes

Keep container tightly closed in a dry and well-ventilated place. Moisture sensitive. Keep in a dry place.


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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)



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Oral Bacitracin: A Consideration for Suppression of Intestinal Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) and for VRE Bacteremia From an Apparent Gastrointestinal Tract Source.
Truc T Tran et al.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 60(11), 1726-1728 (2015-02-24)
Ashwantha Kumar Enjapoori et al.
Genome biology and evolution, 6(10), 2754-2773 (2014-09-24)
Monotremes (platypus and echidna) are the descendants of the oldest ancestor of all extant mammals distinguished from other mammals by mode of reproduction. Monotremes lay eggs following a short gestation period and after an even briefer incubation period, altricial hatchlings
Anthony W Kingston et al.
Molecular microbiology, 93(1), 37-49 (2014-05-09)
Heptaprenyl diphosphate (C35 -PP) is an isoprenoid intermediate in the synthesis of both menaquinone and the sesquarterpenoids. We demonstrate that inactivation of ytpB, encoding a C35 -PP utilizing enzyme required for sesquarterpenoid synthesis, leads to an increased sensitivity to bacitracin