General Information of Drug (ID: DMQ9RBV)

Drug Name
Aminopterin Drug Info
Synonyms
APGA; Aminopteridine; Aminopterine; Aminopterinum; Aminotrexate; Pteramina; Pteramina [Czech]; A 1784; A-7170;A-Ninopterin; ENT-26079; Kyselina 4-aminolistova; Kyselina 4-aminolistova [Czech]; Kyselina 4-aminopteroylglutamova; Kyselina 4-aminopteroylglutamova [Czech]; L-Glutamic acid, N-[4-[[(2,4-diamino-6-pteridinyl)methyl]amino]benzoyl]; N-(1-((2,4-Diamino-6-pteridinylmethyl)amino)benzoyl)glutaminsaeure; N-[(4-{[(2,4-diaminopteridin-6-yl)methyl]amino}phenyl)carbonyl]glutamic acid; N-(4-{[(2,4-diaminopteridin-6-yl)methyl]amino}benzoyl)-L-glutamic acid; N-(4-(((2,4-Diamino-6-pteridinyl)methyl)amino)benzoyl)-L-glutamic acid; Kyselina N-(p-((2,4-diamino-6-pteridinyl)methyl)benzoyl)-L(+)-glutamova; Kyselina N-(p-((2,4-diamino-6-pteridinyl)methyl)benzoyl)-L(+)-glutamova [Czech]; Kyselina N-(p-((2,4-diamino-6-pteridinylmethyl)amino)benzoyl)-L(+)-glutamova; Kyselina N-(p-((2,4-diamino-6-pteridinylmethyl)amino)benzoyl)-L(+)-glutamova [Czech]; N-(4-(((2,4-Diamino-6-pteridyl)-methyl)amino)benzoyl)-L-glutamic acid; (2R)-2-[[4-[(2,4-diaminopteridin-6-yl)methylamino]benzoyl]amino]pentanedioic acid; (2S)-2-[[4-[(2,4-diaminopteridin-6-yl)methylamino]benzoyl]amino]pentanedioic acid; 2-[[4-[(2,4-diaminopteridin-6-yl)methylamino]benzoyl]amino]pentanedioic acid; 4'-Amino-folsaeure; 4'-Desoxy-4'-aminofolsaeure; 4-Amino pteroylglutamic acid; 4-Amino-4-deoxypteroylglutamate; 4-Amino-4-desoxy-pteroylglutaminsaeure; 4-Amino-PGA; 4-Aminofolic acid; 4-Aminopteroyl-<R>glutamic acid; 4-Aminopteroyl-L-glutamic acid; 4-Aminopteroyl-glutamic acid; 4-Aminopteroylglutamic acid
Indication
Disease Entry ICD 11 Status REF
leukaemia 2A60-2B33 Withdrawn from market [1]
Therapeutic Class
Anticancer Agents
Cross-matching ID
PubChem CID
169371
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:22526
CAS Number
CAS 54-62-6
TTD Drug ID
DMQ9RBV

Molecule-Related Drug Atlas

Molecule-Related Drug Atlas
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Investigative Drug(s)
Drug Name Drug ID Indication ICD 11 Highest Status REF
Proguanil DMBL79I Malaria 1F40-1F45 Approved [4]
Meprobamate DMHM93Y Anxiety disorder 6B00-6B0Z Approved [5]
Pralatrexate DMAO80I Breast cancer 2C60-2C65 Approved [6]
Ustekinumab DMHTYK3 Plaque psoriasis EA90.0 Approved [7]
Trimetrexate DMDEA85 Toxoplasmosis 1F57 Approved [8]
MCB-3837 DM0R4Z5 Malaria 1F40-1F45 Approved [5]
Chlorproguanil DM1IFGT Malaria 1F40-1F45 Approved [5]
LY333531 DMGMC8H Solid tumour/cancer 2A00-2F9Z Phase 2 [9]
Metoprine DM5GQD7 Advanced cancer 2A00-2F9Z Phase 2 [10]
2-Sulfhydryl-Ethanol DMJBO3D Discovery agent N.A. Investigative [11]
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Molecular Interaction Atlas of This Drug

Molecular Interaction Atlas

Drug Therapeutic Target (DTT)
DTT Name DTT ID UniProt ID MOA REF
Polypeptide deformylase (PDF) TT9SL3Q DEFM_HUMAN Inhibitor [2] , [3]

References

1 Drug information of Aminopterin, Health Canada, 2007.
2 Loss of folylpoly-gamma-glutamate synthetase activity is a dominant mechanism of resistance to polyglutamylation-dependent novel antifolates in multiple human leukemia sublines. Int J Cancer. 2003 Feb 20;103(5):587-99.
3 vestigial suppressor genes and resistance to aminopterin in Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity. 1992 Nov;69 ( Pt 5):473-7.
4 Transformation with human dihydrofolate reductase renders malaria parasites insensitive to WR99210 but does not affect the intrinsic activity of proguanil. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 Sep 30;94(20):10931-6.
5 The fight against drug-resistant malaria: novel plasmodial targets and antimalarial drugs. Curr Med Chem. 2008;15(2):161-71.
6 Hughes B: 2009 FDA drug approvals. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2010 Feb;9(2):89-92.
7 Novel Saccharomyces cerevisiae screen identifies WR99210 analogues that inhibit Mycobacterium tuberculosis dihydrofolate reductase. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2002 Nov;46(11):3362-9.
8 Expression and characterization of recombinant human-derived Pneumocystis carinii dihydrofolate reductase. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2000 Nov;44(11):3092-6.
9 Three-dimensional structure of M. tuberculosis dihydrofolate reductase reveals opportunities for the design of novel tuberculosis drugs. J Mol Biol. 2000 Jan 14;295(2):307-23.
10 Mutant Gly482 and Thr482 ABCG2 mediate high-level resistance to lipophilic antifolates. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2006 Dec;58(6):826-34.
11 How many drug targets are there Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2006 Dec;5(12):993-6.