AntibioticMech

(+)-zwittermicin A

CHEBI:80056 ·resolve ·ANTIFUNGAL ·EXACT SEEDED

The (+)-enantiomer of zwittermicin A. It is a water-soluble natural antibiotic from the fermentation of the soil-borne bacterium Bacillus cereus and shows significant activity against phytopathogenic fungi. — ChEBI

Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

• CHEBI:167622 CHEBI:167622
• CHEBI:25903 CHEBI:25903

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties

Molecular formula	C13H28N6O8
Charge	0
Average mass	396.401 Da
Monoisotopic mass	396.19686 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	FYIPKJHNWFVEIR-FXQWNPMTSA-N

SMILES

NC(=O)NC[C@H](NC(=O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H](N)[C@@H](O)C[C@H](O)[C@H](N)CO)C(N)=O

InChI

InChI=1S/C13H28N6O8/c14-4(3-20)6(21)1-7(22)8(15)9(23)10(24)12(26)19-5(11(16)25)2-18-13(17)27/h4-10,20-24H,1-3,14-15H2,(H2,16,25)(H,19,26)(H3,17,18,27)/t4-,5+,6+,7+,8+,9+,10-/m1/s1

Also called

• (2R,3S,4S,5S,7S,8R)-4,8-diamino-N-[(2S)-1-amino-3-(carbamoylamino)-1-oxopropan-2-yl]-2,3,5,7,9-pentahydroxynonanamide (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

• cas:155547-95-8
• kegg.compound:C15726
• metacyc.compound:CPD-18237
• patent:EP1163347
• wikipedia.en:Zwittermicin_A

Activity roles

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

• CHEBI:33281 CHEBI:33281
• CHEBI:35718 CHEBI:35718

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:80056	(+)-zwittermicin A	antibioticmech:chebi-c37eba3bd7	2026-08-30

Curation history

1. SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources

   Seeded from data/raw/ inventories (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.