gramicidin S

antibioticmech:aro-0734abf918 ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·MINTED SEEDED

Gramicidin S is a cyclical decapeptide with two pentapeptides (Val-Orn-Leu-D-Phe-Pro) joined head to tail. Like other gramicidins, Gramicidin S disrupts membrane permeability of cations while also destabilizing the membrane at higher concentrations. — PMID:10590309

Machine-generated and unreviewed. Identity, structure and cross-references come straight from ChEBI's and CARD's own data; no curator has signed off on this record yet.

Classification

nonribosomal peptide antibioticsARO:3009657

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

ARO:3009657 ARO:3009657

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C60H92N12O10
Charge	0
Average mass	1141.4 Da
Monoisotopic mass	1140.70593718 Da
Source	PubChem · retrieved 2026-08-29
InChIKey	IUAYMJGZBVDSGL-XNNAEKOYSA-N

SMILES

CC(C)C[C@H]1C(=O)N[C@@H](C(=O)N2CCC[C@H]2C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@@H](C(=O)N3CCC[C@H]3C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N1)CCCN)C(C)C)CC4=CC=CC=C4)CC(C)C)CCCN)C(C)C)CC5=CC=CC=C5

InChI

InChI=1S/C60H92N12O10/c1-35(2)31-43-53(75)67-45(33-39-19-11-9-12-20-39)59(81)71-29-17-25-47(71)55(77)70-50(38(7)8)58(80)64-42(24-16-28-62)52(74)66-44(32-36(3)4)54(76)68-46(34-40-21-13-10-14-22-40)60(82)72-30-18-26-48(72)56(78)69-49(37(5)6)57(79)63-41(23-15-27-61)51(73)65-43/h9-14,19-22,35-38,41-50H,15-18,23-34,61-62H2,1-8H3,(H,63,79)(H,64,80)(H,65,73)(H,66,74)(H,67,75)(H,68,76)(H,69,78)(H,70,77)/t41-,42-,43-,44-,45+,46+,47-,48-,49-,50-/m0/s1

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

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:3000200`	gramicidin S	`antibioticmech:aro-0734abf918`	2026-08-30

Molecular targets

The molecular entity or process this compound acts on. Each target carries evidence — this is a mechanistic claim, not a classification.

cell membrane component targeted by antibiotic MEMBRANE ATTACKED_COMPONENT

ARO:3000710

CARD/ARO database assertion; target organism, strain, and assay are not specified. ARO describes interaction with membrane phospholipids and loss of membrane integrity. Evidence status: DATABASE_ASSERTION_ONLY. Source: CARD_ARO 2026-08-30 (retrieved 2026-08-30).

ARO:3000710 (CARD/ARO asserts targeted_by_antibiotic ARO:3000200 (gramicidin S); database assertion, not a primary citation.)

Discussions

Open questions, knowledge gaps and curation todos attached to this compound.

CURATION_TODO OPEN

gramicidin S shares InChIKey IUAYMJGZBVDSGL-XNNAEKOYSA-N with gramicidin C, but the sources name them as different compounds. Which record does this structure belong to?

Both structures come from PubChem CIDs cross-referenced by CARD. Identical structures under different names mean at least one cross-reference is wrong upstream; the seeder cannot tell which, so it flags rather than merges.

Attached to: chemical_structure

Curation history

SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Seeded from data/raw/ inventories (ARO)
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-31 · 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.