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NIK SMI1   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 9964

Immunopharmacology Ligand
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: NIK SMI1 is a selective inhibitor of the NF-κB-inducing kinase, NIK (MAP3K14) [1]. NIK is a kinase that operates downstream of several TNF family receptors, including BAFF (TNFRSF13C), TWEAK (TNFRSF12A), CD40 (TNFRSF5), and OX40 (TNFRSF4), and which mediates non-canonical NF-κB signaling. Inhibition of NIK recapitulates the inhibition of BAFF that is observed for example using the anti-BAFF, SLE approved biologic belimumab. The compound has no effect on canonical NF-κB signaling.
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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 6
Hydrogen bond donors 2
Rotatable bonds 3
Topological polar surface area 105.75
Molecular weight 365.14
XLogP 1.39
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 COc1cc(nc(c1)c1cccc(c1)C#CC1(O)CCN(C1=O)C)C(=O)N
Isomeric SMILES COc1cc(nc(c1)c1cccc(c1)C#C[C@]1(O)CCN(C1=O)C)C(=O)N
InChI InChI=1S/C20H19N3O4/c1-23-9-8-20(26,19(23)25)7-6-13-4-3-5-14(10-13)16-11-15(27-2)12-17(22-16)18(21)24/h3-5,10-12,26H,8-9H2,1-2H3,(H2,21,24)/t20-/m0/s1
InChI Key LQSHXYHWYGKAMX-FQEVSTJZSA-N

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Bioactivity Comments
In a screening panel NIK SMI1 inhibited just 3 off-target kinases, KHS1 (MAP4K5), LRRK2, and PKD1 (PRKD1), by >75% at 1 μM, out of 222 kinases tested. Ki determination established NIK SMI1's selectivity over these off-targets [1].
Selectivity at enzymes
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Target Sp. Type Action Value Parameter Concentration range (M) Reference
mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 14 Primary target of this compound Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 9.6 pKi - 1
⤷ pKi 9.6 (Ki 2.3x10-10 M) [1]
mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 14 Mm Inhibitor Inhibition 9.4 pKi - 1
⤷ pKi 9.4 (Ki 3.95x10-10 M) [1]
mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 5 Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 7.3 pKi - 1
⤷ pKi 7.3 (Ki 4.96x10-8 M) [1]
protein kinase D1 Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 7.1 pKi - 1
⤷ pKi 7.1 (Ki 7.52x10-8 M) [1]
leucine rich repeat kinase 2 Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 6.6 pKi - 1
⤷ pKi 6.6 (Ki 2.478x10-7 M) [1]