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Streptomyces Kanamyceticus.
Kanamycin, USP is an aminoglycoside antibiotic often used to select for bacteria which have been successfully transformed with a plasmid conferring kanamycin resistance.
Standard grade kanamycin is composed of a mixture of three different fractions: kanamycin A, B, and C. TOKU-E offers four forms of kanamycin:
EvoPure® products are purified single antibiotic fractions, most >99% pure. High purity EvoPure® kanamycin products can be used to analyze the specific effects of individual kanamycin fractions.
25389-94-0
C18H36N4O11 · H2SO4
582.58 g/mol
Aminoglycosides target the 30S ribosomal subunit resulting in an inability to read mRNA ultimately producing a faulty or nonexistent protein. Kanamycin is very soluble in aqueous solution at 92.3 mg/mL.
Stock solutions should be stored at 2-8 °C.
2941.90.1010
Kanamycin sulfate is a broad spectrum antibiotic but is most active against aerobic Gram-negative bacteria.
Powder
White to off-white crystalline powder
Streptomyces Kanamyceticus.