CASNumber56-75-7
LinearFormulaCl2CHCONHCH(CH2OH)CH(OH)C6H4NO2
MolecularWeight323.13
BeilsteinRegistryNumber2225532
MDLnumberMFCD00078159
PubChemSubstanceID329774875
Properties:
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Description:
Biochem/physiolActions
ModeofAction:Chloramphenicolinhibitsbacterialproteinsynthesisbyblockingthepeptidyltransferasestepbybindingtothe50SribosomalsubunitandpreventingattachmentofaminoacyltRNAtotheribosome.Italsoinhibitsmitochondrialandchloroplastproteinsynthesisandribosomalformationof(p)ppGpp,de-pressingrRNAtranscription.
ModeofResistance:Useofchloramphenicolacetyltransferasewillacetylatetheproductandinactivateit.
AntimicrobialSpectrum:Thisisabroadspectrumantibioticagainstgram-positiveandgram-negativebacteria,andisusedmainlyforophthalmicandveterinarypurposes.
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