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Pseudomonas Fluorescens
Optical Rotation
[α] D -21.0±2.0°, c = 1 in H2O
Mupirocin is a carboxylic acid bacteriostatic/bactericidal antibiotic.
TOKU-E offers three forms of mupirocin: mupirocin (M022), mupirocin lithium salt (M023), and mupirocin calcium . Mupirocin is sparingly soluble in aqueous solution at 26.5 µg/mL. Mupirocin lithium is freely soluble at 10 mg/mL.
73346-79-9
C26H43LiO9
506.56 g/mol
Mupirocin inhibits protein synthesis by binding to isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase, an enzyme which conjugates the amino acid isoleucine to its corresponding tRNA.
2-8 °C
2941.90.5000
Mupirocin is commonly used to target gram positive bacteria especially Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
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Pseudomonas Fluorescens
[α] D -21.0±2.0°, c = 1 in H2O