vasopressin   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 2168

Abbreviated name: AVP
Synonyms: ADH | antidiuretic hormone | arginine vasopressin | argipressin
Approved drug
vasopressin is an approved drug (FDA (date of approval not specified))
Comment: The approved drug is administered as an injection, as indicated by the INN.

As with all large peptide molecules, there is some ambiguity in representations of the stereochemistry of vasopressin, therefore the chemical structure shown here may differ slightly from that shown on other resouces linked to from the table above.
Species: Human, Mouse, Rat
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SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES NC(=O)CC1NC(=O)C(CCC(=O)N)NC(=O)C(Cc2ccccc2)NC(=O)C(Cc2ccc(cc2)O)NC(=O)C(CSSCC(NC1=O)C(=O)N1CCCC1C(=O)NC(C(=O)NCC(=O)N)CCCN=C(N)N)N
Isomeric SMILES NC(=O)C[C@@H]1NC(=O)[C@H](CCC(=O)N)NC(=O)[C@H](Cc2ccccc2)NC(=O)[C@H](Cc2ccc(cc2)O)NC(=O)[C@H](CSSC[C@H](NC1=O)C(=O)N1CCC[C@H]1C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)NCC(=O)N)CCCN=C(N)N)N
InChI InChI=1S/C46H65N15O12S2/c47-27-22-74-75-23-33(45(73)61-17-5-9-34(61)44(72)56-28(8-4-16-53-46(51)52)39(67)54-21-37(50)65)60-43(71)32(20-36(49)64)59-40(68)29(14-15-35(48)63)55-41(69)31(18-24-6-2-1-3-7-24)58-42(70)30(57-38(27)66)19-25-10-12-26(62)13-11-25/h1-3,6-7,10-13,27-34,62H,4-5,8-9,14-23,47H2,(H2,48,63)(H2,49,64)(H2,50,65)(H,54,67)(H,55,69)(H,56,72)(H,57,66)(H,58,70)(H,59,68)(H,60,71)(H4,51,52,53)/t27-,28-,29-,30-,31-,32-,33-,34-/m0/s1
InChI Key KBZOIRJILGZLEJ-LGYYRGKSSA-N
References
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