2-arachidonoylglycerol   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 729

Synonyms: 2-AG | 2-Ara-Gl | 2-arachidonyl-glycerol | 2AG
PDB Ligand
Compound class: Metabolite or derivative
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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 CDK toolkit. 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 4
Hydrogen bond donors 2
Rotatable bonds 18
Topological polar surface area 66.76
Molecular weight 378.28
XLogP 7.29
No. Lipinski's rules broken 2
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 CCCCCC=CCC=CCC=CCC=CCCCC(=O)OC(CO)CO
Isomeric SMILES CCCCC/C=C\C/C=C\C/C=C\C/C=C\CCCC(=O)OC(CO)CO
InChI InChI=1S/C23H38O4/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-23(26)27-22(20-24)21-25/h6-7,9-10,12-13,15-16,22,24-25H,2-5,8,11,14,17-21H2,1H3/b7-6-,10-9-,13-12-,16-15-
InChI Key RCRCTBLIHCHWDZ-DOFZRALJSA-N
Natural/Endogenous Targets
Target
CB1 receptor
CB2 receptor
GPR55
Enzymes Catalysing Reactions with this Compound as a Substrate or Product
Enzyme EC number Reaction Reference
monoacylglycerol lipase 2
αβ-Hydrolase 6 5
Selectivity at GPCRs
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Target Sp. Type Action Value Parameter Concentration range (M) Reference
CB1 receptor Ligand is endogenous in the given species Rn Agonist Full agonist 6.3 – 7.2 pKi - 1,3
⤷ pKi 6.3 – 7.2 [1,3]
CB2 receptor Ligand is endogenous in the given species Hs Agonist Partial agonist 5.8 – 6.8 pKi - 1,3
⤷ pKi 5.8 – 6.8 [1,3]
GPR55 Ligand is endogenous in the given species Hs Agonist Agonist 8.5 pEC50 - 6
⤷ pEC50 8.5 (EC50 3x10-9 M) [6]
Additional information and targets (data relate to human unless otherwise stated)
Description Data Reference
Endogenous substrates at monoacylglycerol lipase 2-oleoyl glycerol = 2-arachidonoylglycerol >> anandamide 2
Endogenous substrates at αβ-Hydrolase 6 1-arachidonoylglycerol > 2-arachidonoylglycerol > 1-oleoylglycerol > 2-oleoyl glycerol 5
Targets where the ligand is described in the comment field
Target Comment
αβ-Hydrolase 2 ABHD2 is an acylglycerol lipase of the endocannabinoid system. In human spermatozoa ABHD2 activity (depletion of 2-arachidonoylglycerol in the sperm membrane) results in calcium influx via the calcium channel CatSper1, which leads to sperm activation [4].
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