Nourseothricin

Nourseothricin (NTC) is a member of the streptothricin-class of aminoglycoside antibiotics produced by Streptomyces species. Chemically, NTC is a mixture of the related compounds streptothricin C, D, E, and F.[1] NTC inhibits protein synthesis by inducing miscoding. It is used as a selection marker for a wide range of organisms including bacteria, yeast, filamentous fungi, and plant cells. It is not known to have adverse side-effects on positively selected cells, a property cardinal to a selection drug.[2]

Nourseothricin

n=1-4
Names
IUPAC name
[(2R,3S,4R,5R,6R)-6-[[(3aS,7R,7aS)-7-hydroxy-4-oxo-1,3a,5,6,7,7a-hexahydroimidazo[4,5-c]pyridin-2-yl]amino]-5-[[(3S)-3,6-diaminohexanoyl]amino]-4-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl] carbamate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEMBL
Properties
C19H34N8O8
Molar mass 502.529 g·mol−1
~ 1 g/L
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

NTC can be inactivated by nourseothricin N-acetyl transferase (NAT) from Streptomyces noursei, an enzyme that acetylates the beta-amino group of the beta-lysine residue of NTC.[3] NAT can thus act as an antibiotic resistance gene.

Properties

NTC is highly soluble in water (~ 1 g/mL) and stable in solution for 2 years at 4 °C.[4]

gollark: > Windows *10*
gollark: > random text in base32> rainbow colors> Windows
gollark: Ah, Terminator. The cool terminal emulator.
gollark: And again, no GUIs.
gollark: But it's stuck running under the NT kernel.

References

  1. Nourseothricin
  2. Kochupurakkal BS, Iglehart JD (2013). "Nourseothricin N-acetyl transferase: a positive selection marker for mammalian cells". PLoS ONE. 8 (7): e68509. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068509. PMC 3701686. PMID 23861913.
  3. Krügel H, Fiedler G, Smith C, Baumberg S (1993). "Sequence and transcriptional analysis of the nourseothricin acetyltransferase-encoding gene nat1 from Streptomyces noursei". Gene. 127 (1): 127–31. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(93)90627-f. PMID 8486278.
  4. NTC properties, Jena Bioscience


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.