rosuvastatin   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 2954

Synonyms: Crestor® | ZD4522
Approved drug
rosuvastatin is an approved drug (FDA (2003))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Marketed formulations may contain rosuvastatin calcium (PubChem CID 5282455).
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 9
Hydrogen bond donors 3
Rotatable bonds 10
Topological polar surface area 149.3
Molecular weight 481.17
XLogP 2.43
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES OC(CC(CC(=O)O)O)C=Cc1c(nc(nc1c1ccc(cc1)F)N(S(=O)(=O)C)C)C(C)C
Isomeric SMILES O[C@@H](C[C@H](CC(=O)O)O)/C=C/c1c(nc(nc1c1ccc(cc1)F)N(S(=O)(=O)C)C)C(C)C
InChI InChI=1S/C22H28FN3O6S/c1-13(2)20-18(10-9-16(27)11-17(28)12-19(29)30)21(14-5-7-15(23)8-6-14)25-22(24-20)26(3)33(4,31)32/h5-10,13,16-17,27-28H,11-12H2,1-4H3,(H,29,30)/b10-9+/t16-,17-/m1/s1
InChI Key BPRHUIZQVSMCRT-VEUZHWNKSA-N
Transporters Moving this Compound Across a Lipid Membrane
Transporter EC number Reaction Reference
OATP1A2
Selectivity at enzymes
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Target Sp. Type Action Value Parameter Concentration range (M) Reference
hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase Primary target of this compound Hs Inhibitor Competitive 8.6 pKi - 1
pKi 8.6 (Ki 2.3x10-9 M) [1]
Conditions: pH 6.8, concentrations of substrates: 100µM HMG-CoA, 270µM NADPH.
hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase Rn Inhibitor Competitive 9.8 pIC50 - 3
pIC50 9.8 (IC50 1.6x10-10 M) [3]
Description: Inhibition of cholesterol systhesis
Conditions: Inhibition of cholesterol synthesis in primary rat hepatocytes
hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase Primary target of this compound Hs Inhibitor Competitive 8.3 – 8.5 pIC50 - 2-4
pIC50 8.5 (IC50 3.1x10-9 M) [4]
Description: Inhibition of HMG-CoA reductase
pIC50 8.3 (IC50 5x10-9 M) [2]
pIC50 8.3 (IC50 5.4x10-9 M) [3]
Description: in vitro inhibition of cholesterol synthesis
Conditions: Inhibition IC50 values measured in primary rat hepatocytes
Targets where the ligand is described in the comment field
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