vancomycin   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 10932

Synonyms: Vancocin® | Vancor®
Approved drug
vancomycin is an approved drug (FDA (1964), UK (1990))
Compound class: Natural product
Comment: Vancomycin is a complex glycopeptide antibacterial that was originally isolated from Streptomyces orientalis. It has bactericidal activity against most organisms and is bacteriostatic vs. enterococci. Semisynthetic derivatives such as telavancin, dalbavancin and oritavancin are now available for clinical use.

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2D Structure
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2D Structure

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Physico-chemical Properties
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Physico-chemical Properties

Calculated molecular properties are available for small molecules and natural products (not peptides). Properties were generated using the Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) (Willighagen EL et al. Journal of Cheminformatics vol. 9:33. 2017, doi:10.1186/s13321-017-0220-4; https://cdk.github.io/). All properties were selected to enable the prediction of the Lipinski Rule-of-Five profile or ‘druglikeness’ for each ligand. For more info on each category see the help pages.

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Hydrogen bond acceptors 27
Hydrogen bond donors 19
Rotatable bonds 14
Topological polar surface area 530.49
Molecular weight 1447.43
XLogP 0.52
No. Lipinski's rules broken 3

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SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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SMILES / InChI / InChIKey

SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry Specification) A specification for unambiguously describing the structure of chemical molecules using short ASCII strings. Canonical SMILES specify a unique representation of the 2D structure without chiral or isotopic specifications. Isomeric SMILES include chiral specification and isotopes.

Standard InChI (IUPAC International Chemical Identifier) and InChIKey InChI is a non-proprietary, standard, textual identifier for chemical substances designed to facilitate linking of information and database searching. An InChIKey is a simplified version of a full InChI, designed for easier web searching.

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Canonical SMILES OC[C@H]1O[C@@H](Oc2c3cc4cc2Oc2ccc(cc2Cl)[C@@H](O)[C@@H]2NC(=O)[C@H](NC(=O)[C@@H]4NC(=O)[C@H](CC(=O)N)NC(=O)[C@@H]([C@@H](c4ccc(O3)c(Cl)c4)O)NC(=O)[C@@H](CC(C)C)NC)c3ccc(c(c3)c3c(O)cc(cc3[C@H](NC2=O)C(=O)O)O)O)[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H]1O)O)O[C@@H]1O[C@@H](C)[C@H]([C@@](C1)(C)N)O
Isomeric SMILES OC[C@H]1O[C@@H](Oc2c3cc4cc2Oc2ccc(cc2Cl)[C@@H](O)[C@@H]2NC(=O)[C@H](NC(=O)[C@@H]4NC(=O)[C@H](CC(=O)N)NC(=O)[C@@H]([C@@H](c4ccc(O3)c(Cl)c4)O)NC(=O)[C@@H](CC(C)C)NC)c3ccc(c(c3)c3c(O)cc(cc3[C@H](NC2=O)C(=O)O)O)O)[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H]1O)O)O[C@@H]1O[C@@H](C)[C@H]([C@@](C1)(C)N)O
InChI InChI=1S/C66H75Cl2N9O24/c1-23(2)12-34(71-5)58(88)76-49-51(83)26-7-10-38(32(67)14-26)97-40-16-28-17-41(55(40)101-65-56(54(86)53(85)42(22-78)99-65)100-44-21-66(4,70)57(87)24(3)96-44)98-39-11-8-27(15-33(39)68)52(84)50-63(93)75-48(64(94)95)31-18-29(79)19-37(81)45(31)30-13-25(6-9-36(30)80)46(60(90)77-50)74-61(91)47(28)73-59(89)35(20-43(69)82)72-62(49)92/h6-11,13-19,23-24,34-35,42,44,46-54,56-57,65,71,78-81,83-87H,12,20-22,70H2,1-5H3,(H2,69,82)(H,72,92)(H,73,89)(H,74,91)(H,75,93)(H,76,88)(H,77,90)(H,94,95)/t24-,34+,35-,42+,44-,46+,47+,48-,49+,50-,51+,52+,53+,54-,56+,57+,65-,66-/m0/s1
InChI Key MYPYJXKWCTUITO-LYRMYLQWSA-N

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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Oral vancomycin is indicated as a treatment for Clostridium difficile colitis and Staphylococcal infections of the colon and small intestines. Orally delivered vancomycin is not absorbed systemically. A parenteral formulation is available to treat serious infections outside of the intestines.
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects Click here for help
Vancomycin inhibits cell wall biosynthesis in susceptible bacteria, preventing N-acetylmuramic acid- and N-acetylglucosamine-peptide subunits being incorporated into the peptidoglycan matrix. The compound also alters cell membrane permeability and RNA synthesis, this halts the bacterial cell cycle.
Pharmacokinetics Click here for help
Biotransformation/Metabolism
Vancomycin appears to not be metabolised in humans.
Elimination
Vancomycin is eliminated in the urine following glomerular filtration. It is excreted largely unchanged, with 75-80% of the unaltered drug eliminated in the first 24 hours after administration.
Organ function impairment
Early studies reported that vancomycin use was associated with a risk of nephrotoxicty, however other factors such as
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