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Tobramycin
- CAS number
- 32986-56-4
- Molecular formula
- C18H37N5O9
- Molecular weight
- 467.5 g/mol

About this molecule
Tobramycin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic derived from Streptomyces tenebrarius with bacteriostatic activity. Following active transport into the cell, tobramycin binds irreversibly to a specific aminoglycoside receptor on the bacterial 30S ribosomal subunit and interferes with the initiation complex between messenger RNA and the 30S subunit, thereby inhibiting initiation of protein synthesis, consequently leading to bacterial cell death. In addition, tobramycin induces misreading of the mRNA template causing incorrect amino acids to be incorporated into the growing polypeptide chain, consequently interfering with protein elongation.
Source: NCI Thesaurus (NCIt), via PubChem.
Identifiers
- IUPAC name
- (2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4-amino-2-[(1S,2S,3R,4S,6R)-4,6-diamino-3-[(2R,3R,5S,6R)-3-amino-6-(aminomethyl)-5-hydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2-hydroxycyclohexyl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,5-diol
- InChIKey
- NLVFBUXFDBBNBW-PBSUHMDJSA-N
- SMILES
- C1[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H]1N)O[C@@H]2[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O2)CO)O)N)O)O)O[C@@H]3[C@@H](C[C@@H]([C@H](O3)CN)O)N)N
- PubChem CID
- 36294
Also known as
tobramycin · Nebramycin VI · Nebramycin 6 · Nebramycin factor 6 · Deoxykanamycin B · Tobrex · Tobi · Aktob
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