Studies on a new aminoglycoside antibiotic, dactimicin II. Isolation, structure and chemical degradation.

Abstract
A new aminoglycoside antibiotic, dactimicin, produced by a Dactylosporangium matsuzakiense SF-2052, was isolated by column chromatography on a cation-exchange resin and CM-Sephadex. The structure of dactimicin was determined to be 4-amino-1,4-dideoxy-3-O-(2,6-diamino-2,3,4,6,7-pentadeoxy-.beta.-L-lyxo-heptopyranosyl)-1-[(N-formimidoylglycyl)-methylamino]-6-O-methyl-L-chiro-inositol. Alkaline hydrolysis of dactimicin afforded 1-N-(N-formylglycyl)fortimicin B, fortimicin B, fortimicin A and an acyl migration product, 2''-N-(N-formylglycyl)fortimicin B.