ActagardinisahighmolecularweighttetracyclicantibioticproducedbyseveralspeciesofActinoplanes.Actagardinisanantibioticinwhichthemacrocyclicringsareformedbythioether,ratherthandisulphide,bridges.ActagardinisapotentGrampositiveandGramnegativeantibiotic.Actagardinactsbyinhibitionofpeptidoglycanbiosynthesis.
Actagardinissolublein ethanol,methanol,DMFandDMSO.
CASNumber
59165-34-3
MolecularFormula
C81H124N20O24S4
MolecularWeight
1890.2
MechanismofAction
Actagardinactsbyinhibitionofpeptidoglycanbiosynthesis.
StorageConditions
-20°C