Synonyms: SQ-23377
Compound class:
Natural product
Comment: Ionomycin is a polyether, ionophore antibacterial originally isolated from the fermentation broth of Streptomyces conglobatus [1-2]. It is used in research laboratories to study the effects of increasing intracellular Ca++ concentrations.
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References |
1. Liu WC, Slusarchyk DS, Astle G, Trejo WH, Brown WE, Meyers E. (1978)
Ionomycin, a new polyether antibiotic. J Antibiot (Tokyo), 31 (9): 815-9. [PMID:711623] |
2. Toeplitz BK, Cohen AI, Funke PT, Parker WL, Gougoutas JZ. (1979)
Structure of ionomycin - a novel diacidic polyether antibiotic having high affinity for calcium ions. J Am Chem Soc, 101 (12): 3344–3353. DOI: 10.1021/ja00506a035 |