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Aminoglycosides can cause the cell to overcome the stop codons, insert a random amino acid, and express a full-length protein. [13] The aminoglycoside gentamicin has been used to treat cystic fibrosis (CF) cells in the laboratory to induce them to grow full-length proteins.
Aminoglycoside-3'-phosphotransferase (APH(3')), also known as aminoglycoside kinase, is an enzyme that primarily catalyzes the addition of phosphate from ATP to the 3'-hydroxyl group of a 4,6-disubstituted aminoglycoside, such as kanamycin. [2]
Amino acids with the structure NH + 3 −CXY−CXY−CO − 2, such as β-alanine, a component of carnosine and a few other peptides, are β-amino acids. Ones with the structure NH + 3 −CXY−CXY−CXY−CO − 2 are γ-amino acids, and so on, where X and Y are two substituents (one of which is normally H). [7]
Neomycin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic that displays bactericidal activity against Gram-negative aerobic bacilli and some anaerobic bacilli where resistance has not yet arisen. It is generally not effective against Gram-positive bacilli and anaerobic Gram-negative bacilli.
Aminocyclitols are found as a component of aminoglycoside antibiotics which is also called as pseudosugars or pseudosaccharides. Aminocyclitols have chemical structures of a carbon ring with amine functional group(s). The class of aminocyclitol containing natural products can be divided by ring sizes or types of precursors.
Proteinogenic amino acid; Non-proteinogenic amino acids This page was last edited on 5 ...
It is a secondary amide between glucosamine and acetic acid. It is significant in several biological systems. It is significant in several biological systems. It is part of a biopolymer in the bacterial cell wall , which is built from alternating units of GlcNAc and N -acetylmuramic acid (MurNAc), cross-linked with oligopeptides at the lactic ...
Salicin, a glycoside related to aspirin Chemical structure of oleandrin, a cardiac glycoside. In chemistry, a glycoside / ˈ ɡ l aɪ k ə s aɪ d / is a molecule in which a sugar is bound to another functional group via a glycosidic bond. Glycosides play numerous important roles in living organisms. Many plants store chemicals in the form of ...