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Preferred Name

Penicillin V Potassium

Synonyms

Penicillin V Potassium

PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM

Pen-Vee

Definitions

The potassium salt of penicillin V, a member of the penicillin antibiotic family with broad-spectrum bactericidal activity. Penicillin V binds to and inactivates penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs), enzymes located on the inner membrane of the bacterial cell wall, resulting in the weakening of the bacterial cell wall and cell lysis. PBPs participate in the terminal stages of assembling the bacterial cell wall, and in reshaping the cell wall during cell division. Inactivation of PBPs interferes with the cross-linkage of peptidoglycan chains necessary for bacterial cell wall strength and rigidity.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C730

CAS_Registry

132-98-9

CHEBI_ID

CHEBI:7967

Chemical_Formula

C16H17N2O5S.K

code

C730

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C176424

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

Contributing_Source

FDA

DEFINITION

The potassium salt of penicillin V, a member of the penicillin antibiotic family with broad-spectrum bactericidal activity. Penicillin V binds to and inactivates penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs), enzymes located on the inner membrane of the bacterial cell wall, resulting in the weakening of the bacterial cell wall and cell lysis. PBPs participate in the terminal stages of assembling the bacterial cell wall, and in reshaping the cell wall during cell division. Inactivation of PBPs interferes with the cross-linkage of peptidoglycan chains necessary for bacterial cell wall strength and rigidity.

FDA_UNII_Code

146T0TU1JB

FULL_SYN

Penicillin V Potassium

PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM

Pen-Vee

Has_Free_Acid_Or_Base_Form

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C62064

label

Penicillin V Potassium

Legacy Concept Name

Penicillin_V

NCI_Drug_Dictionary_ID

40795

PDQ_Closed_Trial_Search_ID

40795

PDQ_Open_Trial_Search_ID

40795

Preferred_Name

Penicillin V Potassium

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C730

Semantic_Type

Organic Chemical

Pharmacologic Substance

Antibiotic

UMLS_CUI

C0700553

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C1500

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