sulfapyridine   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 12698

Synonyms: Dagenan® | M&B 693 | sulphapyridine
Approved drug PDB Ligand
sulfapyridine is an approved drug (FDA (1939))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Sulfapyridine is a sulfonamide compound that was used clinically as an antibacterial agent but is now used principally as an anti-inflammatory drug.
2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 5
Hydrogen bond donors 2
Rotatable bonds 3
Topological polar surface area 92.93
Molecular weight 249.29
XLogP -0.61
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES C1=CC(=NC=C1)NS(=O)(=O)C2=CC=C(C=C2)N
Isomeric SMILES C1=CC=NC(=C1)NS(=O)(=O)C2=CC=C(C=C2)N
InChI InChI=1S/C11H11N3O2S/c12-9-4-6-10(7-5-9)17(15,16)14-11-3-1-2-8-13-11/h1-8H,12H2,(H,13,14)
InChI Key GECHUMIMRBOMGK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Sulfapyridine was initially used in the treatment of bacterial pneumonia [7] but is now used in patients with dermatitis herpetiformis (Duhring's disease) who are unable to tolerate dapsone [3,5].
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects Click here for help
Sulfonamides are structural analogues of 4-aminobenzoic acid (pABA) an intermediate in the de novo synthesis of folate by some prokaryotes, lower eukaryotes and plants [2]. The antibacterial MMOA is competitive inhibition of bacterial dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) resulting in a block of folate biosynthesis [1].
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