vorinostat   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 6852

Synonyms: MK-0683 | MK0683 | SAHA | suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid | Zolinza®
Approved drug PDB Ligand
vorinostat is an approved drug (FDA (2006))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Vorinostat inhibits Class I, II and IV histone deacetylases (our pages for HDACs are available using this link).
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 3
Hydrogen bond donors 3
Rotatable bonds 10
Topological polar surface area 78.43
Molecular weight 264.15
XLogP 1.85
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES ONC(=O)CCCCCCC(=O)Nc1ccccc1
Isomeric SMILES ONC(=O)CCCCCCC(=O)Nc1ccccc1
InChI InChI=1S/C14H20N2O3/c17-13(15-12-8-4-3-5-9-12)10-6-1-2-7-11-14(18)16-19/h3-5,8-9,19H,1-2,6-7,10-11H2,(H,15,17)(H,16,18)
InChI Key WAEXFXRVDQXREF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Bioactivity Comments
This drug has the highest pKi value against HDAC1. Rank order of pKi is HDAC1>HDAC2=HDAC6>HDAC3>>HDAC8>>HDAC5 [1]. HDAC1 has been tagged as the drug's primary target for data retrieval purposes only and in no way infers that this is the only target of this drug.
Selectivity at enzymes
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Target Sp. Type Action Value Parameter Concentration range (M) Reference
histone deacetylase 1 Primary target of this compound Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 8.9 pKi - 1
pKi 8.9 (Ki 1.3x10-9 M) [1]
histone deacetylase 2 Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 8.8 pKi - 1
pKi 8.8 (Ki 1.6x10-9 M) [1]
histone deacetylase 6 Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 8.8 pKi - 1
pKi 8.8 (Ki 1.6x10-9 M) [1]
histone deacetylase 3 Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 8.3 pKi - 1
pKi 8.3 (Ki 5x10-9 M) [1]
histone deacetylase 11 Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 7.4 pKi - 2
pKi 7.4 (Ki 3.6x10-8 M) [2]
histone deacetylase 10 Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 7.3 pKi - 2
pKi 7.3 (Ki 5x10-8 M) [2]
histone deacetylase 9 Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 7.2 pKi - 2
pKi 7.2 (Ki 6.5x10-8 M) [2]
histone deacetylase 8 Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 6.3 – 6.7 pKi - 1-2
pKi 6.3 – 6.7 (Ki 4.8x10-7 – 2.05x10-7 M) [1-2]
histone deacetylase 5 Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 5.4 pKi - 1
pKi 5.4 (Ki 3.6x10-6 M) [1]
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