Antibiotic
tunicamycin
Subclass of:
Pyrimidine Nucleosides
Definitions related to tunicamycin:
  • An N-acetylglycosamine containing antiviral antibiotic obtained from Streptomyces lysosuperificus. It is also active against some bacteria and fungi, because it inhibits the glucosylation of proteins. Tunicamycin is used as tool in the study of microbial biosynthetic mechanisms.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Family of nucleosides produced by Streptomyces lysosuperificus, containing uracil, N-acetylglucosamine, tunicamine (aminoundecadialdose), and various fatty acids; block protein glycosylation; enhance interferon antineoplastic effect.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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