Blasticidin S HCl

Catalog No.S7419 Batch:S741908

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Technical Data

Formula

C17H27ClN8O5

Molecular Weight 458.9 CAS No. 3513-03-9
Solubility (25°C)* In vitro Water 91 mg/mL (198.3 mM)
DMSO Insoluble
Ethanol Insoluble
* <1 mg/ml means slightly soluble or insoluble.
* Please note that Selleck tests the solubility of all compounds in-house, and the actual solubility may differ slightly from published values. This is normal and is due to slight batch-to-batch variations.
* Room temperature shipping (Stability testing shows this product can be shipped without any cooling measures.)

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Biological Activity

Description Blasticidin S HCl is a nucleoside antibiotic isolated from Stretomyces girseochromogenes. It acts by blocking hydrolysis of peptidyl-tRNA induced by release factors and inhibits peptide bond formation. It is used to select transfected cells carrying bsr or BSD resistance genes.
Targets
protein synthesis [1] DNA synthesis [1]
In vitro

Blasticidin S inhibits protein synthesis by acting on the step of peptide transfer from peptidyl-sRNA to incoming aminoacyl-sRNA. [1]

Blasticidin S also significantly inhibits DNA synthesis independent of their effect on protein synthesis. [2]

Blasticidin S kills the cells more rapidly than G418, which makes blasticidin S-resistance gene (bsr) a selectable marker for mammalian cells. [3]

Besides, Blasticidin S also efficiently binds Cu(II) ions and prevents DNA from metal-induced damage. [4]

In vivo

Blasticidin S HCl is an antibiotic isolated from Stretomyces girseochromogenes that acts as a protein synthesis inhibitor. It is used to select transfected cells carrying bsr or BSD resistance genes.

Protocol (from reference)

Cell Assay:

[6]

  • Cell lines

    HEK293T cells

  • Concentrations

    5 µg/ml

  • Incubation Time

    7 days

  • Method

    Lentivirus infected cells were maintained in 5 μg/ml blasticidin containing culture medium for 7d, with fresh medium exchange every day.

Selleck's Blasticidin S HCl has been cited by 23 publications

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Repression of LSD1 potentiates homologous recombination-proficient ovarian cancer to PARP inhibitors through down-regulation of BRCA1/2 and RAD51 [ Nat Commun, 2023, 10.1038/s41467-023-42850-x] PubMed: 37973845
Genetically encoded photocatalytic protein labeling enables spatially-resolved profiling of intracellular proteome [ Nat Commun, 2023, 14(1):2978] PubMed: 37221179
USP36 stabilizes nucleolar Snail1 to promote ribosome biogenesis and cancer cell survival upon ribotoxic stress [ Nat Commun, 2023, 14(1):6473] PubMed: 37833415
USP36 stabilizes nucleolar Snail1 to promote ribosome biogenesis and cancer cell survival upon ribotoxic stress [ Nat Commun, 2023, 14(1):6473] PubMed: 37833415
Histone H3 lysine 27 crotonylation mediates gene transcriptional repression in chromatin [ Mol Cell, 2023, 83(13):2206-2221.e11] PubMed: 37311463
Targeting VCP potentiates immune checkpoint therapy for colorectal cancer [ Cell Rep, 2023, 42(11):113318] PubMed: 37865914
MERR APEX-seq protocol for profiling the subcellular nascent transcriptome in mammalian cells [ STAR Protoc, 2023, 4(1):102057] PubMed: 36853684
Functional imaging-guided cell selection for evolving genetically encoded fluorescent indicators [ Cell Rep Methods, 2023, 3(8):100544] PubMed: 37671014
A Nodal enhanced micropeptide NEMEP regulates glucose uptake during mesendoderm differentiation of embryonic stem cells [ Nat Commun, 2022, 13(1):3984] PubMed: 35810171

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