CHEBI:85274 - pristinamycin

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ChEBI Name pristinamycin
ChEBI ID CHEBI:85274
Definition A mixture of two chemically unrelated compounds produced by Streptomyces pristinaespiralis, comprising pristinamycin IA (a cyclic depsipeptide) and pristinamycin IIA (a macrolide) in a ratio of 30:70. An oral streptogramin antibiotic with bactericidal activity against Gram positive organisms including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Metabolite of Species Details
Streptomyces pristinaespiralis (NCBI:txid38300) See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): antimicrobial agent
A substance that kills or slows the growth of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoans.
antibacterial drug
A drug used to treat or prevent bacterial infections.
bacterial metabolite
Any prokaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in bacteria.
Application(s): antibacterial drug
A drug used to treat or prevent bacterial infections.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing pristinamycin (CHEBI:85274) has part pristinamycin IA (CHEBI:8417)
pristinamycin (CHEBI:85274) has role antibacterial drug (CHEBI:36047)
pristinamycin (CHEBI:85274) has role antimicrobial agent (CHEBI:33281)
pristinamycin (CHEBI:85274) has role bacterial metabolite (CHEBI:76969)
pristinamycin (CHEBI:85274) is a mixture (CHEBI:60004)
INN Source
pristinamycin ChemIDplus
Synonym Source
pristinamycine ChEBI
Registry Numbers Types Sources
270076-60-3 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
8390574 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
24119565 PubMed citation Europe PMC
24891428 PubMed citation Europe PMC
25404695 PubMed citation Europe PMC
25708513 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
19 March 2015