Tunicamycin

**Definition:** An N-acetylglycosamine containing antiviral antibiotic obtained from Streptomyces lysosuperificus. It is also active against some bacteria and fungi, because it inhibits the glucosylation of proteins. Tunicamycin is used as tool in the study of microbial biosynthetic mechanisms.

**Tree numbers:** - D03.383.742.680.725 - D13.570.685.725