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pegaptanib   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 6836

Synonyms: EYEOO1 | Macugen® | NX183 | pegaptanib sodium
Approved drug
pegaptanib is an approved drug (FDA (2004), EMA (2006))
Compound class: Nucleic acid
Comment: Pegaptanib is a RNA oligonucleotide aptamer that acts as a vascular endothelial growth factor A antagonist, anti-angiogenic agent.
It is a 28-mer RNA oligonucleotide that is covalently linked to two branched 20-kD polyethylene glycol (PEG) chains. Pegaptanib binds to the 165 isoform of VEGFA. It is formulated as a sodium adduct.
The basic nucleotide sequence has modified nucleotides and a 5' pentylamino linker that acts as the PEG anchor.
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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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(5'-3')CGGAAUCAGUGAAUGCUUAUACAUCCGT