Rokitamycin

Synonym(s): Rikamycin

Class: Macrolide (16-membered macrolide)

Spectrum of activity:	Gram-positive
Details of activity:	Binds to the peptidyl transferase component of the 50S subunit of ribosomes, thus inhibiting peptide bond formation and bacterial protein synthesis. It is active against Gram-positive bacteria.
Description:	Semisynthetic 16-membered macrolide
Year first mentioned:	1981
Development status:	Inactive

Chemical structure(s):
Canonical SMILES:	CCCC(=O)O[C@H]1[C@H](C)O[C@H](C[C@@]1(C)OC(=O)CC)O[C@@H]2[C@@H](C)O[C@H]([C@@H]([C@H]2N(C)C)O)O[C@H]3[C@@H](CC=O)C[C@@H](C)[C@H](/C=C/C=C/C[C@@H](C)OC(=O)C[C@H]([C@@H]3OC)O)O
Isomeric SMILES:	CCCC(=O)O[C@H]1[C@@H](O[C@H](C[C@@]1(C)OC(=O)CC)O[C@@H]2[C@H](O[C@H]([C@@H]([C@H]2N(C)C)O)O[C@H]3[C@H](C[C@H]([C@H](/C=C/C=C/C[C@H](OC(=O)C[C@H]([C@@H]3OC)O)C)O)C)CC=O)C)C
InChI:	InChI=1S/C42H69NO15/c1-11-16-32(48)55-40-27(6)53-34(23-42(40,7)58-31(47)12-2)56-37-26(5)54-41(36(50)35(37)43(8)9)57-38-28(19-20-44)21-24(3)29(45)18-15-13-14-17-25(4)52-33(49)22-30(46)39(38)51-10/h13-15,18,20,24-30,34-41,45-46,50H,11-12,16-17,19,21-23H2,1-10H3/b14-13+,18-15+/t24-,25-,26-,27+,28+,29+,30-,34+,35-,36-,37-,38+,39+,40+,41+,42-/m1/s1
InChI Key:	VYWWNRMSAPEJLS-MDWYKHENSA-N
Structure link:	https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5282211

External links:
Guide to Pharmacology:	rokitamycin
Main Source:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/joc.2002.14.2.115
Citations:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/AAC.39.5.1185 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1120009X.1992.11739129