The molecule is a polypeptide comprising N-decanoyltryptophan, asparagine, aspartic acid, threonine, glycine, ornithine, aspartic acid, D-alanine, aspartic acid, glycine, D-serine, threo-3-methylglutamic acid and 3-anthraniloylalanine (also known as kynurinine) coupled in sequence and lactonised by condensation of the carboxylic acid group of the 3-anthraniloylalanine with the alcohol group of the threonine residue. It has a role as an antibacterial drug, a bacterial metabolite and a member of calcium-dependent antibiotics. It is a lipopeptide, a macrolide, a heterodetic cyclic peptide, a macrocycle and a lipopeptide antibiotic.
(3S)-3-[[(2S)-4-amino-2-[[(2S)-2-(decanoylamino)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoyl]amino]-4-oxobutanoyl]amino]-4-[[(3S,6S,9R,15S,18R,21S,24S,30S,31R)-3-[2-(2-aminophenyl)-2-oxoethyl]-24-(3-aminopropyl)-15,21-bis(carboxymethyl)-6-[(2R)-1-carboxypropan-2-yl]-9-(hydroxymethyl)-18,31-dimethyl-2,5,8,11,14,17,20,23,26,29-decaoxo-1-oxa-4,7,10,13,16,19,22,25,28-nonazacyclohentriacont-30-yl]amino]-4-oxobutanoic acid