Synonyms: kanamycin A
kanamycin is an approved drug (FDA (1973))
Compound class:
Natural product
Comment: Kanamycin (also known as kanamycin A) is the main fermentation product of Streptomyces kanamyceticus [2]. Additional products have been subsequently identified, including bekanamycin (kanamycin B), kanamycin C (PubChem CID: 439582), kanamycin D (PubChem CID: 10368104) and kanamycin X (PubChem CID: 25202222).
Kanamycin has activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and belongs to the aminoglycoside class of antibacterial compounds. |
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Classification | |
Compound class | Natural product |
Approved drug? | Yes (FDA (1973)) |
IUPAC Name |
(2R,3S,4S,5R,6R)-2-(aminomethyl)-6-[(1R,2R,3S,4R,6S)-4,6-diamino-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4-amino-3,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-2-hydroxycyclohexyl]oxyoxane-3,4,5-triol |
International Nonproprietary Names | |
INN number | INN |
870 | kanamycin |
Synonyms |
kanamycin A |
Database Links | |
Specialist databases | |
Antibiotic DB | Kanamycin |
Other databases | |
CAS Registry No. | 59-01-8 (source: Scifinder) |
ChEBI | CHEBI:17630 |
ChEMBL Ligand | CHEMBL1384 |
DrugBank Ligand | DB01172 |
DrugCentral Ligand | 1519 |
GtoPdb PubChem SID | 472319254 |
PubChem CID | 6032 |
RCSB PDB Ligand | KAN |
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Wikipedia | Kanamycin A |