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foscarnet   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 5497

Synonyms: carboxyphosphonic acid | Foscavir® | phosphonocarboxylic acid | phosphonoformic acid
Approved drug PDB Ligand
foscarnet is an approved drug (FDA (1991))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Foscarnet is an antiviral medication.
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 5
Hydrogen bond donors 3
Rotatable bonds 1
Topological polar surface area 104.64
Molecular weight 125.97
XLogP -2.13
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 OC(=O)P(=O)(O)O
Isomeric SMILES OC(=O)P(=O)(O)O
InChI InChI=1S/CH3O5P/c2-1(3)7(4,5)6/h(H,2,3)(H2,4,5,6)
InChI Key ZJAOAACCNHFJAH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Foscarnet is used to treat cytomegalovirus retinitis in people with AIDS and to treat herpes simplex virus in immunocompromised patients.
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects Click here for help
Foscarnet prevents viral replication by selectively inhibiting the pyrophosphate binding site on virus-specific DNA polymerases. This drug does not affect host cell DNA polymerases at therapeutic concentrations.