kasugamycin sulfate

Kasugamycin sulfate is a bioactive chemical.

Kasugamycin is an antibiotic that acts by binding within the mRNA channel of the 30S subunit and inhibiting protein synthesis.

Kasugamycin hydrochloride (Kasumin) is an aminoglycoside antibiotic that was originally isolated in 1965, from Streptomyces kasugaensis, a Streptomyces strain found near the Kasuga shrine in Nara, Japan. Kasugamycin hydrochloride was discovered by Hamao Umezawa, who also discovered kanamycin and bleomycin, as a drug which could prevent growth of a fungus causing rice blast disease.

Kasugamycin hydrochloride hydrate (Ksg (hydrochloride hydrate))(Ksg) specifically inhibits translation initiation of canonical but not of leaderless messenger RNAs. Ksg inhibition is thought to occur by direct competition with initiator transfer RNA