Synonyms: tunicamycin A | tunicamycin B2 | tunicamycin V
Compound class:
Natural product
Comment: Tunicamycin is a nucleoside antibacterial compound, originally isolated from culture broth of Streptomyces lysosuperificus [1]. It inhibits phospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-pentapeptide-transferase (MraY, translocase I), an essential enzyme in bacterial peptidoglycan biosynthesis.
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