ebselen   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 10583

Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: A synthetic organoselenium molecule with anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and cytoprotective activity, characterised as a small molecule Gq protein inhibitor.
A bioRxiv preprint suggests that ebselen is a low micromolar, covalent, fast-binding inhibitor of papain-like protease (PL-pro) from SARS-CoV-2 [2]. This study also reports that ebselen is less active against SARS-CoV, and binds more slowly to this enzyme homologue.
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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 CDK toolkit. 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 0
Hydrogen bond donors 0
Rotatable bonds 1
Topological polar surface area 21.48
Molecular weight 274.98
XLogP 3.13
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
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 O=c1c2ccccc2[se]n1c1ccccc1
Isomeric SMILES O=c1c2ccccc2[se]n1c1ccccc1
InChI InChI=1S/C13H9NOSe/c15-13-11-8-4-5-9-12(11)16-14(13)10-6-2-1-3-7-10/h1-9H
InChI Key DYEFUKCXAQOFHX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Bioactivity Comments
Ebselen completely blocked Carbachol-induced calcium mobilization (via the Gq-coupled muscarinic M3 receptor) as well as ADP-induced calcium mobilization (via the P2Y1 receptor) in recombinant 1321N1 astrocytoma cells with pIC50 values of 5.36 and 5.63, respectively [1].
Selectivity at other protein targets
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Target Sp. Type Action Value Parameter Concentration range (M) Reference
CoV Papain-like protease SARS-CoV-2 Inhibitor Inhibition 5.7 pIC50 - 2
⤷ pIC50 5.7 (IC50 2x10-6 M) [2]