nisin

CHEBI:71629 ·resolve ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A type-A lantibiotic containing 34 amino acid residues (including lanthionine (Lan), methyllanthionine (MeLan), didehydroalanine (Dha) and didehydroaminobutyric acid (Dhb)) and five thioether bridges. It is obtained by fermentation of the bacterium Lactococcus lactis and shows particular activity against Clostridium botulinum. It is used in the production of various processed foods to suppress Gram-positive spoilage and pathogenic bacteria and so extend shelf life. — ChEBI

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Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

Label unavailable CHEBI:51026
type A lantibiotic CHEBI:71645

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C143H230N42O37S7
Charge	0
Average mass	3354.139 Da
Monoisotopic mass	3351.5452 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	NVNLLIYOARQCIX-IPGQQNLLSA-N

SMILES

C=C(NC(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@H](Cc1cncn1)NC(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@H](CO)NC(=O)[C@@H]1CS[C@@H](C)[C@H]2NC(=O)[C@H](C)NC(=O)[C@H](NC(=O)[C@H](CCCCN)NC(=O)[C@H](CCSC)NC(=O)[C@H](CC(N)=O)NC(=O)[C@@H]3CS[C@@H](C)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@H](CCCCN)NC(=O)[C@@H]4CS[C@@H](C)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@@H]5CSC[C@@H](NC(=O)/C(=C/C)NC(=O)[C@@H](N)[C@@H](C)CC)C(=O)N[C@@H]([C@@H](C)CC)C(=O)NC(=C)C(=O)N[C@@H](CC(C)C)C(=O)N5)C(=O)N5CCC[C@H]5C(=O)NCC(=O)N4)C(=O)NCC(=O)N[C@@H](C)C(=O)N[C@@H](CC(C)C)C(=O)N[C@@H](CCSC)C(=O)NCC(=O)N3)[C@H](C)SCC(NC2=O)C(=O)N[C@@H](Cc2cncn2)C(=O)N1)[C@@H](C)CC)C(C)C)C(=O)N[C@@H](CCCCN)C(=O)O

InChI

InChI=1S/C143H230N42O37S7/c1-24-69(11)105(148)135(213)162-82(27-4)118(196)174-94-58-225-59-95(175-123(201)89(48-67(7)8)169-115(193)74(16)158-138(216)107(70(12)25-2)180-132(94)210)133(211)184-112-79(21)229-61-96(160-104(190)56-152-134(212)100-38-34-44-185(100)142(112)220)128(206)164-84(36-29-32-42-145)120(198)182-109-76(18)226-60-97(161-103(189)55-151-117(195)85(39-45-223-22)165-122(200)88(47-66(5)6)168-113(191)72(14)156-102(188)54-153-136(109)214)129(207)171-92(51-101(147)187)125(203)166-86(40-46-224-23)119(197)163-83(35-28-31-41-144)121(199)183-110-77(19)228-63-99-130(208)170-90(49-80-52-149-64-154-80)124(202)176-98(62-227-78(20)111(141(219)177-99)181-116(194)75(17)159-140(110)218)131(209)173-93(57-186)127(205)179-108(71(13)26-3)139(217)172-91(50-81-53-150-65-155-81)126(204)178-106(68(9)10)137(215)157-73(15)114(192)167-87(143(221)222)37-30-33-43-146/h27,52-53,64-72,75-79,83-100,105-112,186H,15-16,24-26,28-51,54-63,144-146,148H2,1-14,17-23H3,(H2,147,187)(H,149,154)(H,150,155)(H,151,195)(H,152,212)(H,153,214)(H,156,188)(H,157,215)(H,158,216)(H,159,218)(H,160,190)(H,161,189)(H,162,213)(H,163,197)(H,164,206)(H,165,200)(H,166,203)(H,167,192)(H,168,191)(H,169,193)(H,170,208)(H,171,207)(H,172,217)(H,173,209)(H,174,196)(H,175,201)(H,176,202)(H,177,219)(H,178,204)(H,179,205)(H,180,210)(H,181,194)(H,182,198)(H,183,199)(H,184,211)(H,221,222)/b82-27-/t69-,70-,71-,72-,75-,76-,77-,78-,79-,83-,84-,85-,86-,87-,88-,89-,90-,91-,92-,93-,94+,95-,96-,97-,98-,99?,100-,105-,106-,107-,108-,109+,110+,111+,112+/m0/s1

Also called

N-{[(1S,4S,7S,8S,11R,14S,17R,20S)-7-{[N2-({(3R,9S,12S,15S,21S,22S)-21-[(N2-{[(6R,9S,10S,15aS)-10-({[(3R,6S,12S,15S)-12-[(2S)-butan-2-yl]-6-isobutyl-15-{[(2Z)-2-(L-isoleucylamino)but-2-enoyl]amino}-9-methylene-5,8,11,14-tetraoxo-1-thia-4,7,10,13-tetraazacyclohexadecan-3-yl]carbonyl}amino)-9-methyl-1,4,11-trioxododecahydro-1H,9H-pyrrolo[2,1-i][1,4,7,10]thiatriazacyclotridecin-6-yl]carbonyl}-L-lysyl)amino]-12-isobutyl-15,22-dimethyl-9-[2-(methylsulfanyl)ethyl]-5,8,11,14,17,20-hexaoxo-1-thia-4,7,10,13,16,19-hexaazacyclodocosan-3-yl}carbonyl)-L-asparaginyl-L-methionyl-L-lysyl]amino}-14-(1H-imidazol-5-ylmethyl)-4,8,20-trimethyl-3,6,12,15,21-pentaoxo-9,19-dithia-2,5,13,16,22-pentaazabicyclo[9.9.2]docos-17-yl]carbonyl}-L-seryl-L-isoleucyl-L-histidyl-N-(3-{[(1S)-5-amino-1-carboxypentyl]amino}-3-oxoprop-1-en-2-yl)-L-valinamide (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
E234 (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
EINECS 215-807-5 (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
NSC 112903 (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
NSC-112903 (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Identifiers for this same structure in other resources. An accession that lands on two different structures in this corpus is withheld from both rather than shown here, since it names at most one of them.

cas:1414-45-5
reaxys:8188142

Patents and articles

Documents about this compound. A patent covers a class and an article covers a topic; neither identifies a structure.

Activity roles

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

antimicrobial agent CHEBI:33281
antibacterial agent CHEBI:33282
antimicrobial food preservative CHEBI:65256

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
CHEBI	`CHEBI:71629`	nisin	`antibioticmech:chebi-10db9cb459`	2026-08-30

Curation history

SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Seeded from data/raw/ inventories (CHEBI)
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 2026-09-10 · 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 (YAML).

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