polymyxin B4

antibioticmech:aro-d6a7012e5e ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·MINTED SEEDED

Polymyxin B4 is in the family of polymyxin lipopeptides with a heptanoic acid acyl group. These antibiotics disrupt the cell membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. — PMID:11330807

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.

nonribosomal peptide antibiotics ARO:3009657

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C54H94N16O13
Charge	0
Average mass	1175.4 Da
Monoisotopic mass	1174.71862712 Da
Source	PubChem · retrieved 2026-08-29
InChIKey	DFEINBRRTFYPQB-KOEMQTGPSA-N

SMILES

CCCCCCC(=O)N[C@@H](CCN)C(=O)N[C@@H]([C@@H](C)O)C(=O)N[C@@H](CCN)C(=O)N[C@H]1CCNC(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@H](NC(=O)[C@@H](NC1=O)CCN)CC2=CC=CC=C2)CC(C)C)CCN)CCN)[C@@H](C)O

InChI

InChI=1S/C54H94N16O13/c1-6-7-8-12-15-42(73)61-34(16-22-55)49(78)70-44(32(5)72)54(83)66-37(19-25-58)46(75)65-39-21-27-60-53(82)43(31(4)71)69-50(79)38(20-26-59)63-45(74)35(17-23-56)64-51(80)40(28-30(2)3)67-52(81)41(29-33-13-10-9-11-14-33)68-47(76)36(18-24-57)62-48(39)77/h9-11,13-14,30-32,34-41,43-44,71-72H,6-8,12,15-29,55-59H2,1-5H3,(H,60,82)(H,61,73)(H,62,77)(H,63,74)(H,64,80)(H,65,75)(H,66,83)(H,67,81)(H,68,76)(H,69,79)(H,70,78)/t31-,32-,34+,35+,36+,37+,38+,39+,40+,41-,43+,44+/m1/s1

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.

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:3000628`	polymyxin B4	`antibioticmech:aro-d6a7012e5e`	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:3000628 (polymyxin B4); database assertion, not a primary citation.)

Resistance mechanisms

3 source-backed resistance determinants or associations, with ARO grounding where reported. Grouped by reported mechanism type.

ANTIBIOTIC_EFFLUX 2

ANTIBIOTIC_EFFLUX
Determinant	ARO ID	Organism	Gene families	Evidence
Klebsiella pneumoniae KpnGH-TolC	ARO:3004598	not organism-specific	—	ARO:3004598 (CARD/ARO asserts confers_resistance_to_antibiotic ARO:3000628 (polymyxin B4); database assertion, not a primary citation.)
RosAB	ARO:3004030	not organism-specific	—	ARO:3004030 (CARD/ARO asserts confers_resistance_to_antibiotic ARO:3000628 (polymyxin B4); database assertion, not a primary citation.)

ANTIBIOTIC_TARGET_ALTERATION 1

ANTIBIOTIC_TARGET_ALTERATION
Determinant	ARO ID	Organism	Gene families	Evidence
lipid A phosphatase	ARO:3004287	not organism-specific	—	ARO:3004287 (CARD/ARO asserts confers_resistance_to_antibiotic ARO:3000628 (polymyxin B4); database assertion, not a primary citation.)

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 (YAML).

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