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Sigma-Aldrich

Decoyinine

Synonym(s):

9-(6-Deoxy-D-β-erythro-hex-5-en-2-ulofuranosyl)adenine

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C11H13N5O4
CAS Number:
2004-04-8
Molecular Weight:
279.25
UNSPSC Code:
51101500
PubChem Substance ID:
329798669

form

solid

antibiotic activity spectrum

Gram-positive bacteria

Mode of action

enzyme | inhibits

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

Nc1ncnc2n(cnc12)[C@]3(CO)OC(=C)[C@@H](O)[C@H]3O

InChI

1S/C11H13N5O4/c1-5-7(18)8(19)11(2-17,20-5)16-4-15-6-9(12)13-3-14-10(6)16/h3-4,7-8,17-19H,1-2H2,(H2,12,13,14)/t7-,8-,11-/m1/s1

InChI key

UZSSGAOAYPICBZ-SOCHQFKDSA-N

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Application

Decoyinine is used to study the inhibition of cell wall synthesis, to inhibit RNA synthesis, to lower intracellular GTP levels in Streptococcus mutans, and to initiate sporulation in Bacillus.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Decoyinine is a Xanthosine monophosphate (XMP) aminase inhibitor and GMP synthetase inhibitor.

Other Notes

Keep container tightly closed in a dry and well-ventilated place.

Pictograms

Exclamation mark
GHS07

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H315,H319,H335

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Jennifer Mobberley et al.
Applied and environmental microbiology, 76(3), 829-842 (2009-12-17)
Eleven Bacillus isolates from the surface and subsurface waters of the Gulf of Mexico were examined for their capacity to sporulate and harbor prophages. Occurrence of sporulation in each isolate was assessed through decoyinine induction, and putative lysogens were identified
D W Dingman et al.
Journal of bacteriology, 169(7), 3068-3075 (1987-07-01)
The citB of Bacillus subtilis codes for aconitase (D. W. Dingman and A. L. Sonenshein, J. Bacteriol. 169:3060-3065). By direct measurements of citB mRNA levels and by measurements of beta-galactosidase activity in a strain carrying a citB-lacZ fusion, we have
J Healy et al.
Molecular microbiology, 5(2), 477-487 (1991-02-01)
The transcriptional regulatory gene spoOH encodes an RNA polymerase sigma factor called sigma H that directs gene expression at an early stage of sporulation in the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis. We now report that conditions that induce sporulation cause a
T Msadek et al.
Journal of bacteriology, 173(7), 2366-2377 (1991-04-01)
Production of a class of both secreted and intracellular degradative enzymes in Bacillus subtilis is regulated at the transcriptional level by a signal transduction pathway which includes the DegS-DegU two-component system and at least two additional regulatory genes, degQ and
S Yamashita et al.
Journal of general microbiology, 135(5), 1335-1345 (1989-05-01)
The expression of the spo0A-lacZ fusion gene was partially repressed in the presence of an excess of glucose. Expression was restored either by the mutation sigA47(crsA47) or by addition of decoyinine, an inhibitor of GMP synthetase, to the medium. By
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