tamoxifen   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 1016

Synonyms: ICI-46474 | Nolvadex® | Soltamox®
Approved drug PDB Ligand
tamoxifen is an approved drug (FDA (1977))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Tamoxifen can be classed as a mixed agonist/antagonist of the estrogen -α and -β receptors, as its activity depends on the tissue in which the receptor is expressed. ChEMBL classify this compound as an ERα modulator, while it is described as a selective estrogen receptor modulator by Burris et al. in their 2013 review [1]. Tamoxifen can be considered as a prodrug as its three main metabolites exhibit higher affinity and specificity than tamoxifen at the ERα and ERβ receptors.
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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 1
Hydrogen bond donors 0
Rotatable bonds 8
Topological polar surface area 12.47
Molecular weight 371.22
XLogP 7.14
No. Lipinski's rules broken 1

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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.

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Canonical SMILES CCC(=C(c1ccccc1)c1ccc(cc1)OCCN(C)C)c1ccccc1
Isomeric SMILES CC/C(=C(\c1ccccc1)/c1ccc(cc1)OCCN(C)C)/c1ccccc1
InChI InChI=1S/C26H29NO/c1-4-25(21-11-7-5-8-12-21)26(22-13-9-6-10-14-22)23-15-17-24(18-16-23)28-20-19-27(2)3/h5-18H,4,19-20H2,1-3H3/b26-25-
InChI Key NKANXQFJJICGDU-QPLCGJKRSA-N

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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Used for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer and ductal carcinoma.
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects Click here for help
Binds to estrogen receptors inducing a conformational change resulting in either blockage or change in expression of estrogen-dependent genes. Prolonged binding of the drug to the nuclear chromatin results in reduced DNA polymerase activity impaired thymidine utilization, blockade of estradiol uptake, and decreased estrogen response.
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Electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC)
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