teicoplanin

antibioticmech:aro-a71ef91d49 ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·MINTED SEEDED

Teicoplanin is a glycopeptide antibiotic used in the prophylaxis and treatment of serious infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. Teicoplanin has a unique acyl-aliphatic chain, and binds to cell wall precursors to inhibit transglycosylation and transpeptidation. — PMID:16323116

Classification

glycopeptide antibioticARO:3000081

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

• glycopeptide antibiotic ARO:3000081

Chemical structure

SMILES

CC(C)CCCCCCCC(=O)N[C@@H]1[C@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O[C@H]1OC2=C3C=C4C=C2OC5=C(C=C(C=C5)[C@H]([C@H]6C(=O)N[C@H](C7=C(C(=CC(=C7)O)O[C@@H]8[C@H]([C@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O8)CO)O)O)O)C9=C(C=CC(=C9)[C@H](C(=O)N6)NC(=O)[C@@H]4NC(=O)[C@@H]1C2=CC(=CC(=C2)OC2=C(C=CC(=C2)[C@@H](C(=O)N[C@H](CC2=CC(=C(O3)C=C2)Cl)C(=O)N1)N)O)O)O)C(=O)O)O[C@H]1[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O1)CO)O)O)NC(=O)C)Cl)CO)O)O

InChI

InChI=1S/C89H99Cl2N9O33/c1-34(2)9-7-5-4-6-8-10-61(109)95-69-75(114)72(111)59(32-102)130-88(69)133-79-56-26-41-27-57(79)127-53-18-14-39(24-48(53)91)78(132-87-68(93-35(3)104)74(113)71(110)58(31-101)129-87)70-85(122)99-67(86(123)124)46-29-43(106)30-55(128-89-77(116)76(115)73(112)60(33-103)131-89)62(46)45-23-38(13-15-50(45)107)64(82(119)100-70)97-84(121)66(41)98-83(120)65-40-21-42(105)28-44(22-40)125-54-25-37(12-16-51(54)108)63(92)81(118)94-49(80(117)96-65)20-36-11-17-52(126-56)47(90)19-36/h11-19,21-30,34,49,58-60,63-78,87-89,101-103,105-108,110-116H,4-10,20,31-33,92H2,1-3H3,(H,93,104)(H,94,118)(H,95,109)(H,96,117)(H,97,121)(H,98,120)(H,99,122)(H,100,119)(H,123,124)/t49-,58-,59-,60-,63+,64-,65+,66-,67-,68-,69-,70+,71-,72-,73-,74-,75-,76+,77+,78-,87+,88+,89+/m1/s1

Also called

• targocid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— aro
• teichomycin (EXACT_SYNONYM)— aro

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.

• teicoplaninARO:0000029
• cas:61036-62-2
• teicoplaninCHEBI:29687
• chembl:CHEMBL2367892
• pubchem.compound:16129712

Activity roles

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

• antimicrobial agent CHEBI:33281
• antibacterial drug CHEBI:36047

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.

Molecular targets

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

acyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine CELL_WALL_COMPONENT ATTACKED_COMPONENT

ARO:3000720

CARD/ARO database assertion; target organism, strain, and assay are not specified. The D-Ala-D-Ala chemical group is bound as a cell-wall precursor component. Evidence status: DATABASE_ASSERTION_ONLY. Source: CARD_ARO 2026-08-30 (retrieved 2026-08-30).

• ARO:3000720 (CARD/ARO asserts targeted_by_antibiotic ARO:0000029 (teicoplanin); database assertion, not a primary citation.)

Activity spectrum

Measured or curated activity against specific taxa. A number without a method is not an observation — every row here carries an assay.

1 observations · Browse all observations · Complete record (JSON.gz)

Resistance mechanisms

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

Producer organisms

Organisms that biosynthesize this compound. Cluster link evidence is how the upstream source graded the gene cluster, so it is populated only for a source that grades it. An empty cell is not weaker support: a curator-authored producer carries its support in Evidence instead. Where the source entry named several compounds, the evidence is marked inherited, meaning it covers this compound together with the cluster's other products rather than singling it out. Those products need not be related to each other: a cluster can list an intermediate, a precursor and a finished antibiotic side by side.

Curation history

1. SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources

   Seeded from data/raw/ inventories (ARO)

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

4. RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-31 · seed_from_sources

   Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

5. RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-09-08 · seed_from_sources

   Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

6. RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-09-08 · seed_from_sources

   Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

7. RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-09-08 · seed_from_sources

   Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

8. CURATED_RESISTANT_TAXA 2026-09-12 · codex · LLM-assisted

   Added one stable-URL CDC/FDA AR Isolate Bank teicoplanin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis isolate MIC observation.

9. STRUCTURED_ACTIVITY_BIOSAMPLE_ACCESSIONS 2026-09-26 · codex · LLM-assisted

   Structured BioSample accessions on 1 activity_spectrum observation(s) where evidence notes already named exactly one accession.

Provenance

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

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