General
Preferred name
afamelanotide
Synonyms
Scenesse ()
MT-I ()
[Nle4,D-Phe7]-α-MSH ()
NDP-alpha-MSH ()
Melanotan I ()
[Nle4,D-Phe7]-α-MSH trifluoroacetate salt ()
CUV-1647 ()
(nle4,d-phe7)-.alpha.-msh ()
Melanotan-1 ()
Melanotan ()
CUV1647 ()
Afamelanotida ()
Afamelanotide triacetate ()
A-melanotropin, 4(nle)-7(d-phe) ()
CUV1647 ACETATE ()
AFAMELANOTIDE ACETATE ()
[Nle4,D-Phe7]-?-MSH (trifluoroacetate salt) ()
P&D ID
PD008677
CAS
1566590-77-9
75921-69-6
Tags
available
drug
Drug indication
Discovery agent
Erythropoietic porphyrias
Vitiligo
Drug Status
approved
investigational
Max Phase
4.0
First approval
2014
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)
DESCRIPTION
Synthetic analogue of α-MSH
DESCRIPTION
Afamelanotide is a synthetic analogue of α-MSH, and is a first-in-class clinically used non-selective MC receptor agonist. It is used for certain dematological applications .
(GtoPdb)
DESCRIPTION
[Nle4,D-Phe7]-α-MSH is a synthetic analog of α-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH).
(BOC Sciences Bioactive Compounds)
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Cell lines
1
Organisms
0
Compound Sets
16
BOC Sciences Bioactive Compounds
Cayman Chemical Bioactives
ChEMBL Approved Drugs
ChEMBL Drugs
Drug Repurposing Hub
DrugBank
DrugBank Approved Drugs
DrugMAP Approved Drugs
Guide to Pharmacology
LSP-MoA library (Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology)
MedChem Express Bioactive Compound Library
Natural product-based probes and drugs
NCATS Inxight Approved Drugs
ReFrame library
TargetMol Bioactive Compound Library
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free of charge
External IDs
42
Molecular Weight
1645.84
Hydrogen Bond Acceptors
21
Hydrogen Bond Donors
23
Rotatable Bonds
50
Ring Count
6
Aromatic Ring Count
5
cLogP
-4.1
TPSA
642.98
Fraction CSP3
0.5
Chiral centers
12.0
Largest ring
6.0
QED
0.01
Structural alerts
0
No structural alerts detected
Custom attributes
(extracted from source data)
Target
melanocortin-1 receptor
Melanocortin Receptor
MOA
melanocyte-stimulating hormone mimetic
Biosynthetic Origin
Peptide (Ribosomal)
Therapeutic Indication
Phototoxicity in Adults
Therapeutic Class
Hormone Therapy
Pathway
GPCR/G protein
Neuronal Signaling
Source data