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General Information
• Puromycin dihydrochloride hydrate is the hydrochloride salt form of puromycin and is an aminoglycoside with antibiotic activity isolated from the Streptomyces alboniger
• Puromycin dihydrochloride hydrate is a protein synthesis inhibitor that causes premature chain termination by acting as an analog of the 3’-terminal ends of aminoacyl-tRNA, inhibiting protein synthesis
Applications
• This compound shows anti-microbial, anti-protozoal, anti-trypanosomal, and anti-neoplastic activities and is also used as an antibiotic in cell culture
• It also reveals anti-tumor activity in studies on brain cancer cells
• This compound has been used to study transcriptional regulatory mechanisms that control the sequential and coordinate expression of genes during cell differentiation
• It is active against gram-positive microorganisms, less active against acid-fast bacilli and gram-negative microorganisms. Puromycin can prevent growth of bacteria, protozoa, algae, and mammalian cells in in vitro studies.
Literature References
Rosson, R. A.; Tebo, B. M.; Nealson, K. H. Use of poisons in determination of microbial manganese binding rates in seawater. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1984, 47, (7), 740-745.
Nair, V.; Emanuel, D. J.. Synthetic design, stereochemistry, and enzymic activity of a reversed aminoacyl nucleoside: an analog of puromycin. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1977, 99, (5), 1571-1576.