Compound ID | 2689
Class: Macrolide
| Spectrum of activity: | Gram-positive |
| Details of activity: | Active against Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, and Klebsiella pneumoniae (not active against other Gram-negatives tested) |
| Description: | Natural product from Streptomyces platensis subsp. malvinus; the parent compound is inactive but in the presence of desosamine, platenolide is bioconverted to 5-O-desosaminyl-platenolide I which is the precursor to produce the active substance 3-O-propionyl-5-O-desosaminyl-9-dihydro-18-oxo-platenolide I by the blocked mutant S. platensis subp. malvinus |
| Institute where first reported: | Microbiological Research Laboratory, Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd. Toda, Saitama, Japan |
| Year first mentioned: | 1978 |
| Development status: | Experimental |
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| PubChem link: | https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5282093 |
| Citation: | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/antibiotics1968/31/4/31_4_309/_pdf/-char/en |