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alpha-methyltyrosine   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 6956

Synonyms: Demser® | metyrosine | MK-781
Approved drug
alpha-methyltyrosine is an approved drug (FDA (1979))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: The US FDA approved name for this compound is metyrosine, an inhibitor of tyrosine 3-hydroxylase enzymatic activity.

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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 3
Hydrogen bond donors 3
Rotatable bonds 3
Topological polar surface area 83.55
Molecular weight 195.09
XLogP -1.68
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 Oc1ccc(cc1)CC(C(=O)O)(N)C
Isomeric SMILES Oc1ccc(cc1)C[C@@](C(=O)O)(N)C
InChI InChI=1S/C10H13NO3/c1-10(11,9(13)14)6-7-2-4-8(12)5-3-7/h2-5,12H,6,11H2,1H3,(H,13,14)/t10-/m0/s1
InChI Key NHTGHBARYWONDQ-JTQLQIEISA-N

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/)
Bioactivity Comments
We have been unable to find a peer reviewed report quantifying the direct interaction of alpha-methyltyrosine with its proposed molecular target.
Selectivity at enzymes
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Target Sp. Type Action Value Parameter Concentration range (M) Reference
L-Tyrosine hydroxylase Primary target of this compound Hs Inhibitor Inhibition - - -
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