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 ALX-350-270[ALEXIS] Revised 08-Feb-08  

α-Amanitin

PRODUCT LINE   

Natural Products / Antibiotics

PRODUCT FAMILIES   

Other Natural Products - DNA Regulation / Transcription

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 Product NumbersFormatSizeUnit PriceQuantity
 ALX-350-270-M001 1 mg  
Product Specification
FORMULA:   C39H54N10O14S
 
MW:   919.0
 
CAS NUMBER:   23109-05-9
 
MERCK INDEX:   14: 373
 
RTECS:   BD6195000
 
SOURCE/HOST:   Isolated from Amanita phalloides mushrooms.
 
PURITY:   ≥90%
 
APPEARANCE:   White to light yellow powder.
 
SOLUBILITY:   Soluble in 100% ethanol (5mg/ml), DMSO, dimethyl formamide, methanol or water.
 
SHIPPING:   AMBIENT
 
LONG TERM STORAGE:   -20°C
 
USE/STABILITY:   Dilute with buffer immediately prior to use. Product is destroyed by concentrated acid or base.
 
HANDLING:   Protect from light.
 
HAZARD:   VERY TOXIC.

Product Description

Inhibits eukaryotic RNA-polymerase II with high efficiency, but not eukaryotic RNA-polymerase I, or bacterial or viral RNA-polymerases. Inhibits mammalian protein synthesis.

Product Specific Literature References
Effect of alpha-amanitin on ribonucleic acid synthesis and on ribonucleic acid polymerase in mouse liver: F. Stirpe & L. Fiume; Biochem. J. 103, 67P (1967) Abstract
Specific inhibition of nuclear RNA polymerase II by alpha-amanitin: T.J. Lindell, et al.; Science 170, 447 (1970) Abstract
Fifty years of amanitin: T. Wieland & H. Faulstich; Experientia 47, 1189 (1991), (Review) Abstract
Alpha-amanitin blocks translocation by human RNA polymerase II: X.Q. Gong, et al.; J. Biol. Chem. 279, 27422 (2004) Abstract
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