NOCATHIACIN ANTIBIOTICS PREPARED BY BIOTRANSFORMATION OR CHEMICAL METHODS

摘要

Novel nocathiacin derivatives have been prepared by both biotransformation and chemical methods. A novel nocathiacin derivative, nocathiacin IV, was prepared by either incubation of protease from Streptomyces griseus (Sigma, Cat# P5147) with nocathiacin I in DMF or by chemical methods. Fermentation of Actinoplanes sp. ATCC 53771 in the presence of nocathiacin IV produces a new compound nocathiacin IV 6-deoxyglucoside. Both nocathiacin IV and nocathiacin IV 6-deoxyglucoside have broad spectrum antibiotic activity against Gram-positive bacteria and have in vivo efficacy in animals.