AntibioticMech

boromycin

CHEBI:77880 ·resolve ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A boron-containing macrolide antibiotic that is isolated from Streptomyces antibioticus. — ChEBI

Classification

macrolide antibioticARO:0000000

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

• CHEBI:145556 CHEBI:145556
• CHEBI:25105 CHEBI:25105
• CHEBI:27369 CHEBI:27369
• CHEBI:37948 CHEBI:37948
• CHEBI:38278 CHEBI:38278
• ARO:0000000 ARO:0000000

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties

Molecular formula	C45H74BNO15
Charge	0
Average mass	879.891 Da
Monoisotopic mass	879.51515 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	OOBFYEMEQCZLJL-IIWQOWOFSA-O

SMILES

CC(C)[C@@H]([NH3+])C(=O)O[C@H](C)[C@@H]1C/C=C\CC[C@H](O)C(C)(C)[C@@H]2CC[C@@H](C)[C@]3(O2)O[B-]24O[C@@H](C(=O)O1)[C@@]1(O[C@@H](CC[C@H]1C)C(C)(C)[C@H](O)CCC[C@@H]1C[C@H](OC(=O)[C@@H]3O2)[C@@H](C)O1)O4

InChI

InChI=1S/C45H73BNO15/c1-24(2)36(47)39(50)54-27(5)30-16-12-11-13-17-32(48)42(7,8)34-21-19-26(4)45(57-34)38-41(52)56-31-23-29(53-28(31)6)15-14-18-33(49)43(9,10)35-22-20-25(3)44(58-35)37(40(51)55-30)59-46(60-38,61-44)62-45/h11-12,24-38,48-49H,13-23,47H2,1-10H3/q-1/p+1/b12-11-/t25-,26-,27-,28-,29-,30+,31+,32+,33-,34+,35+,36-,37+,38+,44+,45+,46?/m1/s1

Also called

• [(2R)-1-{(1R)-1-[(1R,2R,5S,6R,8R,12R,14S,17R,18R,19R,22S,24Z,28S,30S,33R)-12,28-dihydroxy-1,2,18,19-tetra(hydroxy-κO)-6,13,13,17,29,29,33-heptamethyl-3,20-dioxo-4,7,21,34,35-pentaoxatetracyclo[28.3.1.15,8.114,18]hexatriacont-24-en-22-yl]ethoxy}-3-methyl-1-oxobutan-2-aminiumato(4−)]boron (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• ETH 28829 (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

• ARO:3007793
• cas:34524-20-4
• patent:EP0002893
• patent:GB2012167
• patent:US3864479
• patent:US4102997
• patent:US4225593
• reaxys:15307145
• reaxys:4651427
• reaxys:4651428
• wikipedia.en:Boromycin
• pubchem.compound:6436027

Activity roles

Every antimicrobial role a source asserts for this compound — the unreduced evidence behind its antimicrobial_class.

• CHEBI:33281 CHEBI:33281
• CHEBI:33282 CHEBI:33282
• CHEBI:64946 CHEBI:64946

Source concepts

Every upstream concept that resolved to this record. The merge is the product: this is what shows ChEBI and CARD are describing the same structure.

Upstream concepts merged into this record

Source	Native ID	Label	Minted CURIE	Version
ARO	ARO:3007793	boromycin	antibioticmech:aro-7f7ce7fcdf	2026-08-30
CHEBI	CHEBI:77880	boromycin	antibioticmech:chebi-5a365cdcba	2026-08-30

Curation history

1. SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources

   Seeded from data/raw/ inventories (ARO, CHEBI)

2. RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources

   Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

3. RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources

   Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

Provenance

Seeded by scripts/seed_from_sources.py from the committed inventories in data/raw/. View the record.