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gepotidacin   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 10817

Synonyms: Blujepa® | GSK-2140944 | GSK2140944
Approved drug PDB Ligand
gepotidacin is an approved drug
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Gepotidacin (formerly GSK2140944) is a novel, first-in-class, triazaacenaphthylene antibacterial that inhibits bacterial DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV via a unique mechanism [2-3]. It was developed for potential to treat conventional and biothreat pathogens including MRSA, respiratory tract infections, acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) [7,9], and uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea [5].

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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 Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) (Willighagen EL et al. Journal of Cheminformatics vol. 9:33. 2017, doi:10.1186/s13321-017-0220-4; https://cdk.github.io/). 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 1
Rotatable bonds 5
Topological polar surface area 94.28
Molecular weight 448.22
XLogP 1.63
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0

Generated using the Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) (Willighagen EL et al. Journal of Cheminformatics vol. 9:33. 2017, doi:10.1186/s13321-017-0220-4; https://cdk.github.io/)
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.

Generated using the Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) (Willighagen EL et al. Journal of Cheminformatics vol. 9:33. 2017, doi:10.1186/s13321-017-0220-4; https://cdk.github.io/)

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Canonical SMILES O=c1cnc2c3n1[C@H](CN1CCC(CC1)NCc1ncc4c(c1)CCCO4)Cn3c(=O)cc2
Isomeric SMILES O=c1cnc2c3n1[C@H](CN1CCC(CC1)NCc1ncc4c(c1)CCCO4)Cn3c(=O)cc2
InChI InChI=1S/C24H28N6O3/c31-22-4-3-20-24-29(22)15-19(30(24)23(32)13-27-20)14-28-7-5-17(6-8-28)25-11-18-10-16-2-1-9-33-21(16)12-26-18/h3-4,10,12-13,17,19,25H,1-2,5-9,11,14-15H2/t19-/m1/s1
InChI Key PZFAZQUREQIODZ-LJQANCHMSA-N

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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
First approval was granted by the US FDA in March 2025, to treat uncomplicated urinary tract infections [6]. In December 2025, gepotidacin was approved by the FDA for the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea caused by susceptible strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Together with zoliflodacin (granted FDA approval the day after gepotidacin), it is the first new antibacterial treatment for gonorrhea in 30 years.
Clinical Trials
Clinical Trial ID Title Type Source Comment References
NCT04010539 A Study Evaluating Efficacy and Safety of Gepotidacin Compared With Ceftriaxone Plus Azithromycin in the Treatment of Uncomplicated Urogenital Gonorrhea Phase 3 Interventional GlaxoSmithKline
NCT04187144 Comparative Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Gepotidacin to Nitrofurantoin in Treatment of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Phase 3 Interventional GlaxoSmithKline 8
NCT04020341 A Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Gepotidacin in the Treatment of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Phase 3 Interventional GlaxoSmithKline 8
NCT02045797 Dose-Ranging Study of GSK2140944 in the Treatment of Subjects With Suspected or Confirmed Gram-Positive Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections Phase 2 Interventional GlaxoSmithKline 7,9
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