Anhydrotetracycline hydrochloride acts as a useful effector of tetracycline-dependent gene expression in bacterial expression systems.
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General Description
• Anhydrotetracycline hydrochloride is a degradation product derived from tetracycline hydrochloride. It acts as an effector of tetracycline-dependent gene expression in bacterial expression systems. In this system the transcription of genes is reversibly turned on/off in the presence of several compounds including, anhydrotetracycline hydrochloride.
• This compound poorly binds to the 30S ribosomal subunit compared with its precursor, tetracycline.
Applications
• Anhydrotetracycline hydrochloride is commonly used in all fields of biology for control of transcription or translation processes
• This compound has been used in laboratory experiments and shows lower antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli compared with tetracycline.