Description: Bafilomycin A1 belongs to the macrolide class of antibiotics and is a V-ATPase inhibitor (IC50=0.44 nM) that is specific and reversible. Bafilomycin A1 is an inhibitor of the late phase of autophagy, blocking the fusion of autophagosomes with lysosomes. Bafilomycin A1 also induces apoptosis.
CAS Number: 88899-55-2
Formula: C35H58O9
Molecular Weight: 622,83
References: Ohta T, et al. Bafilomycin A1 induces apoptosis in the human pancreatic cancer cell line Capan-J Pathol. 1998 Jul;185(3):324-30.