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Preferred Name

Bacitracin Zinc

Synonyms

Bacitracin Zinc

BACITRACIN ZINC

Ziba-Rx

Definitions

The zinc salt form of bacitracin, a complex of cyclic polypeptide antibiotics, mainly bacitracin A, produced by spore-forming organisms belonging to the licheniformin group of the Bacillus subtilis with antibacterial activity. Bacitracin zinc binds to C55-isoprenyl pyrophosphate, a biphosphate lipid transport molecule that carries the building blocks of the peptidoglycan bacterial cell wall, thereby interfering with the enzymatic dephosphorylation of the C55-isoprenyl pyrophosphate and preventing peptidoglycan synthesis which leads to cell lysis.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C28857

CAS_Registry

1405-89-6

code

C28857

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C63923

Contributing_Source

FDA

DEFINITION

The zinc salt form of bacitracin, a complex of cyclic polypeptide antibiotics, mainly bacitracin A, produced by spore-forming organisms belonging to the licheniformin group of the Bacillus subtilis with antibacterial activity. Bacitracin zinc binds to C55-isoprenyl pyrophosphate, a biphosphate lipid transport molecule that carries the building blocks of the peptidoglycan bacterial cell wall, thereby interfering with the enzymatic dephosphorylation of the C55-isoprenyl pyrophosphate and preventing peptidoglycan synthesis which leads to cell lysis.

FDA_UNII_Code

89Y4M234ES

FULL_SYN

Bacitracin Zinc

BACITRACIN ZINC

Ziba-Rx

Has_Free_Acid_Or_Base_Form

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C295

label

Bacitracin Zinc

Legacy Concept Name

Bacitracin_Zinc

Preferred_Name

Bacitracin Zinc

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C28857

Semantic_Type

Pharmacologic Substance

Antibiotic

UMLS_CUI

C0043483

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C258

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