PGE2   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 1883

Synonyms: Cervidil® | minprositin E2 | minprostin E2 | Propess® | prostaglandin E2
Approved drug PDB Ligand Immunopharmacology Ligand
PGE2 is an approved drug (FDA (1977))
Compound class: Metabolite or derivative
Comment: PGE2 is a the major endogenous prostaglandin. Synthetic PGE2 is known as dinoprostone. PGE2 activates prostanoid family GPCRs.
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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 5
Hydrogen bond donors 3
Rotatable bonds 12
Topological polar surface area 94.83
Molecular weight 352.22
XLogP 2.79
No. Lipinski's rules broken 1
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(C=CC1C(O)CC(=O)C1CC=CCCCC(=O)O)O
Isomeric SMILES CCCCC[C@@H](/C=C/[C@H]1[C@H](O)CC(=O)[C@@H]1C/C=C\CCCC(=O)O)O
InChI InChI=1S/C20H32O5/c1-2-3-6-9-15(21)12-13-17-16(18(22)14-19(17)23)10-7-4-5-8-11-20(24)25/h4,7,12-13,15-17,19,21,23H,2-3,5-6,8-11,14H2,1H3,(H,24,25)/b7-4-,13-12+/t15-,16+,17+,19+/m0/s1
InChI Key XEYBRNLFEZDVAW-ARSRFYASSA-N
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