Hygromycin B
Hygromycin B, is an antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces hygroscopicus. It is an aminoglycoside that kills bacteria, fungi and higher eukaryotic cells by inhibiting protein synthesis[1].
History
History
Hygromycin B was originally developed in the 1950’s for use with animals and is still added into swine and chicken feed as an anthelmintic or anti-worming agent (product name: Hygromix). Hygromycin B is produced by Streptomyces hygroscopicus, a bacteria isolated in 1953 from a soil sample. Resistance genes were discovered in the early 1980’s.[2][3]
Use in research
Use in research
In the laboratory it is used for the selection and maintenance of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells that contain the hygromycin resistance gene. The resistance gene is a kinase that inactivates hygromycin B through phosphorylation.[4] Since the discovery of hygromycin-resistance genes, hygromycin B has become a standard selection antibiotic in gene transfer experiments in many prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
External links
External links
Information from hygromycin.net (InvivoGen)
References
References
- ↑ McGuire, Pettinger (1953), “Hygromycin I. Preliminary studies on the production and biological activity of a new antibiotic.”, Antibiot. Chemother., 3: 1268–1278
- ↑ Davies, Gritz (1983), “Plasmid-encoded hygromycin B resistance: the sequence of hygromycin B phosphotransferase gene and its expression in Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae.”, Gene, 25: 179–88
- ↑ Burgett, Kaster (1983), “Analysis of a bacterial hygromycin B resistance gene by transcriptional and translational fusions and by DNA sequencing.”, Nucleic Acids Res., 11: 6895–911
- ↑ Rao RN, Allen NE, Hobbs JN, Alborn WE, Kirst HA, Paschal JW (1983). “Genetic and enzymatic basis of hygromycin B resistance in Escherichia coli“. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 24 (5): 689–95. PMID 6318654.
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