pralatrexate   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 6840

Synonyms: Folotyn® | PDX
Approved drug
pralatrexate is an approved drug (FDA (2009))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Inhibits dihydrofolate reductase, GAR transformylase and thymidylate synthase. The INN document specifies that pralatrexate is a racemic mixture of two epimers. These epimers are represented by the PubChem entries CID 23230419 and CID 11155808. We do not specify stereochemistry at the carbon atom which determines the two epimers, therefore our image represents the mixture.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: Pralatrexate has been identified as an inhibitor of the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp; nsp12) from SARS-CoV-2 [2]. This translates to inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 replication in vitro (EC50 8 nM). Structural anaylsis suggests that the interaction points between pralatrexate and RdRp are distinct from those between remdesivir and RdRp.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Physico-chemical Properties

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Hydrogen bond acceptors 12
Hydrogen bond donors 5
Rotatable bonds 11
Topological polar surface area 207.3
Molecular weight 477.18
XLogP -2.16
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 C#CCC(c1ccc(cc1)C(=O)NC(C(=O)O)CCC(=O)O)Cc1cnc2c(n1)c(N)nc(n2)N
Isomeric SMILES C#CCC(c1ccc(cc1)C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)O)CCC(=O)O)Cc1cnc2c(n1)c(N)nc(n2)N
InChI InChI=1S/C23H23N7O5/c1-2-3-14(10-15-11-26-20-18(27-15)19(24)29-23(25)30-20)12-4-6-13(7-5-12)21(33)28-16(22(34)35)8-9-17(31)32/h1,4-7,11,14,16H,3,8-10H2,(H,28,33)(H,31,32)(H,34,35)(H4,24,25,26,29,30)/t14?,16-/m0/s1
InChI Key OGSBUKJUDHAQEA-WMCAAGNKSA-N
References
1. Izbicka E, Diaz A, Streeper R, Wick M, Campos D, Steffen R, Saunders M. (2009)
Distinct mechanistic activity profile of pralatrexate in comparison to other antifolates in in vitro and in vivo models of human cancers.
Cancer Chemother Pharmacol, 64 (5): 993-9. [PMID:19221750]
2. Zhang H, Yang Y, Li J, Wang M, Saravanan KM, Wei J, Tze-Yang Ng J, Tofazzal Hossain M, Liu M, Zhang H et al.. (2020)
A novel virtual screening procedure identifies Pralatrexate as inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 RdRp and it reduces viral replication in vitro.
PLoS Comput Biol, 16 (12): e1008489. [PMID:33382685]