pyrimethamine   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 4800

Synonyms: Daraprim® | GNF-Pf-5586 | TCMDC-125860
Approved drug PDB Ligand Antimalarial Ligand
pyrimethamine is an approved drug (FDA (1953))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Pyrimethamine is an antifolate compound with broad-spectrum antiprotozoal activity. It is used in the treatment and prevention of malaria as part of a combination therapy.

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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 4
Hydrogen bond donors 2
Rotatable bonds 2
Topological polar surface area 77.82
Molecular weight 248.08
XLogP 2.68
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES CCc1nc(N)nc(c1c1ccc(cc1)Cl)N
Isomeric SMILES CCc1nc(N)nc(c1c1ccc(cc1)Cl)N
InChI InChI=1S/C12H13ClN4/c1-2-9-10(11(14)17-12(15)16-9)7-3-5-8(13)6-4-7/h3-6H,2H2,1H3,(H4,14,15,16,17)
InChI Key WKSAUQYGYAYLPV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
References
1. Delves M, Plouffe D, Scheurer C, Meister S, Wittlin S, Winzeler EA, Sinden RE, Leroy D. (2012)
The activities of current antimalarial drugs on the life cycle stages of Plasmodium: a comparative study with human and rodent parasites.
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Potent and specific inhibition of mMate1-mediated efflux of type I organic cations in the liver and kidney by pyrimethamine.
J Pharmacol Exp Ther, 333 (1): 341-50. [PMID:20065018]
3. Nobel Media AB 2019. 
Press release. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1988.
Accessed on 16/07/2019. Modified on 16/07/2019. NobelPrize.org, https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1988/press-release/
4. Sirawaraporn W, Sathitkul T, Sirawaraporn R, Yuthavong Y, Santi DV. (1997)
Antifolate-resistant mutants of Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 94 (4): 1124-9. [PMID:9037017]
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Malarial dihydrofolate reductase as a paradigm for drug development against a resistance-compromised target.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 109 (42): 16823-8. [PMID:23035243]
6. (2015)
Treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria.  In  Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria. Third edition. (World Health Organization) . [PMID:26020088] [ISBN:9789241549127]