sapropterin   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 5276

Synonyms: Kuvan® | sapropterin dihydrochloride | SUN-0588 | T-1401 | tetrahydrobiopterin (THB)
Approved drug PDB Ligand Immunopharmacology Ligand
sapropterin is an approved drug (FDA (2007), EMA (2008))
Compound class: Metabolite
Comment: Sapropterin (also known as tetrahydrobiopterin or BH4) is an essential enzymatic cofactor for aromatic amino acid hydroxylase enzymes; phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH), tryptophan hydroxylase, tyrosine hydroxylase and for nitric oxide synthase. It is used by PAH to degrade phenylalanine, and is required for the biosynthesis of the neurotransmitters serotonin, melatonin, dopamine, norepinephrine (noradrenaline) and epinephrine (adrenaline).
Sapropterin is produced via a pathway of reactions catalysed by the enzymes GTP cyclohydrolase I (GCH1; the primary and rate-limiting reaction), 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase (PTPS) and sepiapterin reductase (SR; the terminal reaction).
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 7
Hydrogen bond donors 6
Rotatable bonds 2
Topological polar surface area 136.29
Molecular weight 241.12
XLogP -0.1
No. Lipinski's rules broken 1
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES CC(C(C1CNc2c(N1)c(=O)[nH]c(n2)N)O)O
Isomeric SMILES C[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H]1CNc2c(N1)c(=O)[nH]c(n2)N)O)O
InChI InChI=1S/C9H15N5O3/c1-3(15)6(16)4-2-11-7-5(12-4)8(17)14-9(10)13-7/h3-4,6,12,15-16H,2H2,1H3,(H4,10,11,13,14,17)/t3-,4+,6-/m0/s1
InChI Key FNKQXYHWGSIFBK-RPDRRWSUSA-N
Immunopharmacology Comments
Inhibition of enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of BH4 has shown that this metabolite is essential for effective T cell proliferation both in vitro and in vivo [2]. The authors of this work speculate that modulation of this pathway could be used to either block T cell-mediated autoimmunity or conversely, to augment T cell-mediated antitumour immunity.