The molecule is a carbohydrate-containing antibiotic isolated from the culture broth of Streptomyces sp.MK277-AF1. It exhibits potent antibacterial activity against several Gram-positive bacterial strains and is also found to be cytotoxic against a number of tumour cell lines. It has a role as a metabolite, an antibacterial agent and an antineoplastic agent. It is a carbopolycyclic compound, a glycoside, a member of pyrans, a carbohydrate-containing antibiotic, a member of phenols, an enol, a benzoate ester, a member of p-quinones and a tertiary alpha-hydroxy ketone. It derives from a 3,6-dimethylsalicylic acid.
[(2S,3R,4R,6S)-6-[(2R,3S,6S)-6-[[(1S,4aS,12aR)-3-acetyl-4,4a,6,12a-tetrahydroxy-9-methoxy-11-methyl-2,5,7,10-tetraoxo-1,12-dihydrotetracen-1-yl]oxy]-2-methyloxan-3-yl]oxy-4-hydroxy-2,4-dimethyloxan-3-yl] 2-hydroxy-3,6-dimethylbenzoate