-Amanitin

-Amanitin is a toxin from the poisonous Amanita mushroom that inhibits eukaryotic transcription. RNA polymerase II is inhibited by -amanitin at low concentrations, RNA polymerase I is inhibited at high concentrations, and RNA polymerase I is quite resistant.


See also: Cordycepin, Actinomycin D, Rifampicin, Figure 26.4