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Kasugamycin HCl is a broad spectrum antifungal used against yeast and pathogenic fungi such as M. grisea. Kasugamycin is freely soluble in aqueous solution.
19408-46-9
C14H25N3O9 · HCl
415.82
Like many of the known natural antibiotics, kasugamycin inhibits proliferation of bacteria by tampering with their ability to make new proteins, the ribosome being the major target. Kasugamycin inhibits protein synthesis at the step of translation initiation by direct competition with initiator transfer RNA.
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2941.20.5000
Powder
White crystalline powder
203 °C