General
Preferred name
MERCAPTOPURINE
Synonyms
6-Mercaptopurine ()
6-Mercaptopurine hydrate ()
6-Mercaptopurine (6-MP) Monohydrate ()
6-MP ()
6-Mercaptopurine monohydrate ()
MERCAPTOPURINE ANHYDROUS ()
6-Purinethiol ()
6-Thiopurine ()
Purinethol ()
3H-Purine-6-thiol ()
Purine, 6-mercapto- ()
7-Mercapto-1,3,4,6-tetrazaindene ()
Ismipur ()
MERCAPTOPURINE HYDRATE ()
6-MP hydrate ()
Mercaptopurine (6-MP) ()
6-Mercaptopurine (hydrate) ()
Xaluprine (previously mercaptopurine nova laboratories) ()
NSC-759614 ()
6-mercaptopurine monohydrate ()
Purixan ()
Xaluprine ()
Mercaptopurinum ()
NSC-755 ()
Puri-Nethol ()
Mercaptopurine hydrate ()
Mercaptopurine ()
P&D ID
PD001869
CAS
6112-76-1
50-44-2
1194-62-3
Tags
available
natural product
drug
nuisance
Approved by
FDA
First approval
1953
Drug indication
Crohn disease
Antineoplastic
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Drug Status
approved
Max Phase
4.0
Probe control
Probe control not defined
Orthogonal probes
0
No orthogonal probes found
Similar probes
0
No structurally similar probes found
Structure formats
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Description
(extracted from source data)
MOA
Mercaptopurine competes with hypoxanthine and guanine for the enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGPRTase) and is itself converted to thioinosinic acid (TIMP). TIMP inhibits several reactions that involve inosinic acid (IMP), such as the conversion of IMP to xanthylic acid (XMP) and the conversion of IMP to adenylic acid (AMP) via adenylosuccinate (SAMP). Upon methylation, TIMP forms 6-methylthioinosinate (MTIMP) which inhibits glutamine-5-phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase in addition to TIMP. Glutamine-5-phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase is the first enzyme unique to the _de novo_ pathway for purine ribonucleotide synthesis. According to experimental findings using radiolabeled mercaptopurine, mercaptopurine may be recovered from the DNA in the form of deoxythioguanosine. In comparison, some mercaptopurine may be converted to nucleotide derivatives of 6-thioguanine (6-TG) via actions of inosinate (IMP) dehydrogenase and xanthylate (XMP) aminase that convert TIMP to thioguanylic acid (TGMP).
DESCRIPTION
Mercaptopurine has immunosuppressive action as well as antineoplastic activity.
(GtoPdb)
DESCRIPTION
Mercaptopurine is a widely used antileukemic agent and immunosuppressive drug that inhibits de novo purine synthesis through incorporation of thiopurine methyltransferase metabolites into DNA and RNA.
(BOC Sciences Bioactive Compounds)
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Cell lines
24
Organisms
1
Compound Sets
31
Axon Medchem Screening Library
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Cayman Chemical Bioactives
CeMM library of unique drugs (CLOUD)
ChEMBL Approved Drugs
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CZ-OPENSCREEN Bioactive Library
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free of charge
External IDs
88
Properties
(calculated by RDKit )
Molecular Weight
152.02
Hydrogen Bond Acceptors
3
Hydrogen Bond Donors
2
Rotatable Bonds
0
Ring Count
2
Aromatic Ring Count
2
cLogP
1.02
TPSA
57.36
Fraction CSP3
0.0
Chiral centers
0.0
Largest ring
6.0
QED
0.55
Structural alerts
1
Nonspecific reactivity
Nuisance compounds in cellular assays
Custom attributes
(extracted from source data)
MOA
ribonucleoside-diphosphate reductase inhibitor
Immunosuppressive
Purine Antagonists
immunosuppressant, protein synthesis inhibitor, purine antagonist
Target
DNA
Amidophosphoribosyltransferase
DNA synthesis
PRPP Amidotransferase
IMPDH
HPRT
HPRT1, IMPDH1, IMPDH2, PPAT
Purine analog
Endogenous Metabolite
Nucleoside antimetabolite/analog
DNA/RNA Synthesis
Pathway
DNA Damage/DNA Repair
Metabolism
Autophagy
Cell Cycle/DNA Damage
Metabolic Enzyme/Protease
Member status
member
Indication
acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
Therapeutic Class
Anticancer Agents
Antiviral Agents
Source data