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Calcimycin

Medical Definition: An ionophorous, polyether antibiotic from Streptomyces chartreusensis. It binds and transports cations across membranes and uncouples oxidative phosphorylation while inhibiting ATPase of rat liver mitochondria. The substance is used mostly as a biochemical tool to study the role of divalent cations in various biological systems.
Also Called: A-23187
CAS Type 1 Name: CAS Number: 52665-69-7
Previously Indexed: Antibiotics (1973-1974),Carboxylic Acids (1973-1974)

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