GANCICLOVIR


Trade Names	CYTOVENE GANCICLOVIR VITRASERT ZIRGAN
Synonyms	BW 759U BW-759U Cymevene Cytovene Ganciclovir Gancyclovir Ganzyk-rtu NSC-759656 RS-21592 Valganciclovir hydrochloride impurity a Virgan Vitrasert Zirgan
Status
Molecule Category	Free-form
ATC	J05AB06 S01AD09
UNII	P9G3CKZ4P5
EPA CompTox	DTXSID8041032


InChI Key	IRSCQMHQWWYFCW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Smiles	Nc1nc2c(ncn2COC(CO)CO)c(=O)[nH]1
InChI	InChI=1S/C9H13N5O4/c10-9-12-7-6(8(17)13-9)11-3-14(7)4-18-5(1-15)2-16/h3,5,15-16H,1-2,4H2,(H3,10,12,13,17)

Property Name	Value
Molecular Formula	C9H13N5O4
Molecular Weight	255.23
AlogP	-1.56
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor	9.0
Hydrogen Bond Donor	4.0
Number of Rotational Bond	5.0
Polar Surface Area	139.54
Molecular species	NEUTRAL
Aromatic Rings	2.0
Heavy Atoms	18.0

Mechanism of Action	Action	Reference
Human herpesvirus 1 DNA polymerase inhibitor	INHIBITOR	DailyMed

Targets	EC50(nM)	IC50(nM)	Kd(nM)	Ki(nM)	Inhibition(%)
Enzyme Transferase	-	-	-	-	17-60
Transporter Electrochemical transporter SLC superfamily of solute carriers SLC22 family of organic cation and anion transporters	-	-	-	-	10.5

	EC50(nM)	IC50(nM)	Kd(nM)	Ki(nM)	Inhibition(%)
Cytomegalovirus	250-500	-	-	-	-
Felid herpesvirus 1	900	-	-	-	-
Herpes simplex virus (type 1 / strain F)	900	-	-	-	-
Homo sapiens	60-900	1.9-800	-	-	10.5
Human alphaherpesvirus 1	25-800	-	-	-	-
Human alphaherpesvirus 1 strain KOS	10-200	-	-	-	-
Human alphaherpesvirus 2	300-580	-	-	-	-
Human betaherpesvirus 5	930	-	-	-	-
Human herpesvirus 1	27-700	-	-	-	55-60
Human herpesvirus 1 strain KOS	10-800	-	-	-	-
Human herpesvirus 2	32-230	-	-	-	-
Human herpesvirus 2 strain G	10-900	-	-	-	-
Human herpesvirus 3	590	-	-	-	-
Human herpesvirus 5	150-990	720-910	-	-	30
Human herpesvirus 5 strain AD169	40-990	-	-	-	98
Human herpesvirus 5 strain Towne	-	140	-	-	-
Murine cytomegalovirus (strain Smith)	960	-	-	-	-
epstein barr virus	-	50	-	-	-
herpes simplex virus	-	100-100	-	-	-
herpes simplex virus-2	-	-	-	-	13

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Resources	Reference
ChEBI	465284
ChEMBL	CHEMBL182
DrugBank	DB01004
DrugCentral	1277
FDA SRS	P9G3CKZ4P5
Human Metabolome Database	HMDB0015139
PDB	GA2
PharmGKB	PA449733
PubChem	135398740
SureChEMBL	SCHEMBL3033
ZINC	ZINC000000001505

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Ashenafi Legehar, Siobhán Monaghan, Mael Briand, Akseli Niemelä, Leo Ghemtio, Ziaurrehman Tanoli, A Ross Brown, Charles R Tyler, Henri Xhaard, EcoDrug PLUS: an advanced database for drug target conservation analysis and environmental risk assessment, Nucleic Acids Research, 2025, gkaf1251 Read...

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