The molecule is a polyketide that is a member of the manumycin family of antibiotics and exhibits strong antibacterial, antifungal, and antineoplastic activities. Isolated from from the actinomycete bacterium Streptomyces nodosus subsp. asukaensis. It has a role as an antibacterial agent, an antifungal agent, an antimicrobial agent, an antineoplastic agent and a bacterial metabolite. It is an enamide, an epoxide, an organic heterobicyclic compound, a polyketide, a tertiary alcohol and a secondary carboxamide. It derives from a 4-hydroxyprotoasukamycin.
(2E,4E,6E)-7-cyclohexyl-N-[(1S,5S,6R)-5-hydroxy-5-[(1E,3E,5E)-7-[(2-hydroxy-5-oxocyclopenten-1-yl)amino]-7-oxohepta-1,3,5-trienyl]-2-oxo-7-oxabicyclo[4.1.0]hept-3-en-3-yl]hepta-2,4,6-trienamide