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Tunicamycin #12819

    Product Information

    Product Usage Information

    Tunicamycin is supplied as a lyophilized powder. For a 5 mg/ml stock, reconstitute the 5 mg in 1 ml DMSO. Working concentrations and length of treatments vary depending on the desired effect, but it is typically used at 0.1-10 μg/ml for 0.5-20 hours.

    Solubility: Soluble in DMSO, DMF or Pyridine.

    Storage

    Store lyophilized or in solution at -20ºC, desiccated. In lyophilized form, the chemical is stable for 24 months. Once in solution, use within 3 months to prevent loss of potency. Aliquot to avoid multiple freeze/thaw cycles.

    Product Description

    Molecular Weight 830.9 g/mol
    Purity >98%
    Molecular Formula Homolog A: C37H60N4O16 Homolog B: C38H62N4O16 Homolog C: C39H64N4O16 Homolog D: C40H66N4O16
    CAS 11089-65-9
    Solubility Soluble in DMSO at 40mg/ml and EtOH at 5mg/ml.

    Background

    Isolated from Streptomyces lysosuperificus, tunicamycin is a nucleoside antibiotic that inhibits N-linked glycosylation in glycoprotein synthesis. Composed of tunicamycins A, B, C and D, the compound competitively blocks the transfer of N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate (GlcNAc-1-P) from UDP-GlcNAc to dolichol-P (1,2). By preventing glycoprotein synthesis, tunicamycin inhibits the formation of the “viral coat” known as the tunica or capsid in both RNA and DNA viruses, and thus exhibits antiviral properties (3). Research studies have shown that tunicamycin will arrest cells in G1 phase, preventing them from entering S-phase and increasing the expression of PERK (4,5). Following N-linked glycosylation inhibition, tunicamycin induces autophagy in response to ER stress, ultimately upregulating CHOP and BIP (6,7).
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