penicillamine   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 7264

Synonyms: Cuprimine®
Approved drug PDB Ligand Immunopharmacology Ligand
penicillamine is an approved drug (FDA (1970))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Penicillamine is a chelating agent and an immunosuppressant.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 3
Hydrogen bond donors 2
Rotatable bonds 2
Topological polar surface area 102.12
Molecular weight 149.05
XLogP -1.88
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES NC(C(S)(C)C)C(=O)O
Isomeric SMILES N[C@H](C(S)(C)C)C(=O)O
InChI InChI=1S/C5H11NO2S/c1-5(2,9)3(6)4(7)8/h3,9H,6H2,1-2H3,(H,7,8)/t3-/m0/s1
InChI Key VVNCNSJFMMFHPL-VKHMYHEASA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
As a chelating agent penacillamine is used to remove copper from tissues (in patients whose copper-transporting ATPase, ATP7B, is non-functional causing Wilson's disease), to treat cystinuria, and to treat lead poisoning. As an immunosuppressant, this drug is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and chronic active hepatitis.
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This drug’s molecular mechanism of action (MMOA) as an immunosuppressant has not been fully resolved. See the DrugBank link for further details.
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