rifaximin   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 12012

Synonyms: L/105 | Rifamycin L 105 | Xifaxan®
Approved drug PDB Ligand
rifaximin is an approved drug (FDA (2004))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Rifaximin is a semisynthetic derivative of rifamycin and belongs to the ansamycin group of antibacterial compounds [1]. It has broad spectrum activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.

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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 10
Hydrogen bond donors 5
Rotatable bonds 3
Topological polar surface area 198.38
Molecular weight 785.35
XLogP 6.08
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 CO[C@H]1/C=C/O[C@@]2(C)Oc3c(C2=O)c2c(c(c3C)O)c(O)c(c3c2nc2n3ccc(c2)C)NC(=O)/C(=C\C=C\[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H]([C@H]([C@H]([C@@H]([C@@H]1C)OC(=O)C)C)O)C)O)C)/C
Isomeric SMILES C[C@H]1/C=C/C=C(\C(=O)Nc2c(c3c(c4c(c(c3O)C)O[C@@](C4=O)(O/C=C/[C@@H]([C@H]([C@H]([C@@H]([C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H]1O)C)O)C)OC(=O)C)C)OC)C)c1c2n2ccc(cc2n1)C)O)/C
InChI InChI=1S/C43H51N3O11/c1-19-14-16-46-28(18-19)44-32-29-30-37(50)25(7)40-31(29)41(52)43(9,57-40)55-17-15-27(54-10)22(4)39(56-26(8)47)24(6)36(49)23(5)35(48)20(2)12-11-13-21(3)42(53)45-33(34(32)46)38(30)51/h11-18,20,22-24,27,35-36,39,48-51H,1-10H3,(H,45,53)/b12-11+,17-15+,21-13-/t20-,22+,23+,24+,27-,35-,36+,39+,43-/m0/s1
InChI Key NZCRJKRKKOLAOJ-XRCRFVBUSA-N

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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Rifaximin is indicated for the reduction in recurrence of overt hepatic encephalopathy. It is also used for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea and travellers' diarrhoea caused by non-invasive strains of E. coli.
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects Click here for help
Rifaximin binds the β subunit of bacterial RNA polymerase, thereby inhibiting RNA synthesis.
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Absorption/Distribution
Not significantly absorbed after oral administration.
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