Parvodicin C2, a glycopeptide antibiotic derived from A. parvosata and part of the parvodicin complex, serves as a component of the A40926 antibiotic complex utilized as a precursor for synthesizing dalbavancin. It exhibits activity against methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant strains of S. aureus, S. epidermidis, S. saprophyticus, S. hemolyticus, and E. faecalis.
Teicoplanin aglycone is an antibacterial glycopeptide antibiotic used in the prophylaxis and treatment of serious infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria, including Enterococcus faecalis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
N-Demethylvancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic that has been found inNocardia orientalis.1It is active against several strains ofS. aureusandS. epidermidisin vitroandin vivo.2Formulations containing N-demethylvancomycin have been used in the treatment of bacterial infections. 1.Boeck, L.D., Mertz, F.P., Wolter, R.K., et al.N-demethylvancomycin, a novel antibiotic produced by a strain of Nocardia orientalis. Taxonomy and fermentationJ. Antibiot. (Tokyo)37(5)446-453(1984) 2.Hunt, A.H., Marconi, G.G., Elzey, T.K., et al.A51568A: N-demethylvancomycinJ. Antibiot. (Tokyo)37(8)917-919(1984)
Parvodicin complex is a mixture of closely related lipophilic glycopeptides originally isolated from A. parvosata. The parvodicin complex has activity against Gram-positive bacteria (MICs = 0.8-12.5 μg ml) including methicillin-resistant strains of S. aureus (MRSA), S. hemolyticus, and E. faecalis (MICs = 0.1-25 μg ml). Glycopeptide antibiotics act by preventing cell wall synthesis by binding and sequestering a cell wall precursor with a D-alanine-containing peptide.
Ristocetin A, a glycopeptide related to vancomycin, is an antibiotic produced by the microorganism Nocardia lurida[1]. Ristocetin A is currently in clinical use to treat bacterial infections [1]. Ristocetin A is an antibiotic which can be used to treat staphylococcal infections. The side effects of ristocetin A include thrombocytopenia and platelet agglutination. Ristocetin A has been used in two assays: the ristocetin cofactor assay and the ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation assay. These two assays could be used to diagnosis the von Willebrand disease and other bleeding disorders [2, 3]. The structural features of Ristocetin A are similar to vancomycin.
Lipid II binder 5107930 is a lipid II binder which causes specific upregulation of the vancomycin-resistance associated gene vraX, which is implicated in the cell wall stress stimulon that confers glycopeptide resistance.