formobactin

CHEBI:65906 ·resolve ·ANTIMICROBIAL_UNSPECIFIED ·EXACT SEEDED

A cyclic hydroxamic acid derivative and antibiotic isolated from Nocardia sp. strain ND20. It exerts an inhibitory effect on lipid peroxidation and also has a potent protecting effect on neuronal cells. — ChEBI

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Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

Label unavailable CHEBI:23445
Label unavailable CHEBI:33308
Label unavailable CHEBI:33853
Label unavailable CHEBI:46812

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C38H57N5O10
Charge	0
Average mass	743.899 Da
Monoisotopic mass	743.41054 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	ZZBSPTCNZDTZBR-QGXZNONUSA-N

SMILES

CCCCCCCCCC(OC(=O)[C@H](CCCCN(O)C=O)NC(=O)c1nc(-c2ccccc2O)oc1C)C(C)(C)C(=O)NC1CCCCN(O)C1=O

InChI

InChI=1S/C38H57N5O10/c1-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-22-31(38(3,4)37(49)40-28-19-15-17-24-43(51)35(28)47)53-36(48)29(20-14-16-23-42(50)25-44)39-33(46)32-26(2)52-34(41-32)27-18-12-13-21-30(27)45/h12-13,18,21,25,28-29,31,45,50-51H,5-11,14-17,19-20,22-24H2,1-4H3,(H,39,46)(H,40,49)/t28?,29-,31?/m0/s1

Also called

1-[(1-hydroxy-2-oxoazepan-3-yl)amino]-2,2-dimethyl-1-oxododecan-3-yl N6-formyl-N6-hydroxy-N2-{[2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-5-methyl-1,3-oxazol-4-yl]carbonyl}-L-lysinate (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Activity roles

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

antimicrobial agent CHEBI:33281

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:65906`	formobactin	`antibioticmech:chebi-632fa1119d`	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

Provenance

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

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