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CHEMBL374478

RIFAMPIN
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CO[C@H]1/C=C/O[C@@]2(C)Oc3c(C)c(O)c4c(O)c(c(/C=N/N5CCN(C)CC5)c(O)c4c3C2=O)NC(=O)/C(C)=C\C=C\[C@H](C)[C@H](O)[C@@H](C)[C@@H](O)[C@@H](C)[C@H](OC(C)=O)[C@@H]1C

Basic Information

ChEMBL ID CHEMBL374478
Name RIFAMPIN
Phase Approved
Structure Type MOL
InChI Key JQXXHWHPUNPDRT-WLSIYKJHSA-N
Therapeutic ✓ Yes

Known Names

Abrifam BA 41166/E BA 411661E BA-41166/E BA-41166E Eremfat L-5103 L-5103 LEPETIT L-5103-LEPETIT NIH-10782 NSC-113926 Rifa +17 more
38
Targets
153
Activities
4
Assay Types
30
PK Parameters
20
Publications
29
Known Names
20
Indications
1
Mechanisms

Molecular Properties

823.0
MW (Da)
4.34
ALogP
15
HBA
6
HBD
220.2
PSA (Ų)
0.11
QED
3
Ro5 Violations
4
Rot. Bonds

Drug Information

Molecule Type Small molecule
First Approval 1971
Availability Prescription
Chirality Single Enantiomer

Routes of Administration

Oral Parenteral

Flags

Natural Product
USAN Stem -pin; rifa-
USAN Year 1968

Extended Properties

Molecular Formula C43H58N4O12
MW 822.95
Aromatic Rings 2
Heavy Atoms 59
NP-Likeness 1.66

Mechanism of Action

Mechanism Action Type Target Direct Efficacy
Bacterial DNA-directed RNA polymerase inhibitor INHIBITOR Bacterial DNA-directed RNA polymerase

Indications

Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Pulmonary Alzheimer Disease Arthritis, Reactive Diarrhea Endocarditis Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous Infections Leprosy Meningitis Multiple System Atrophy Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Buruli Ulcer Cystic Fibrosis Multiple Sclerosis Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection Onchocerciasis Sarcoidosis Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis Arthritis, Rheumatoid

ATC Classification

J04AB02
rifampicin
Level 1: ANTIINFECTIVES FOR SYSTEMIC USE
Level 2: ANTIMYCOBACTERIALS

Activity Summary

IC50 105 meas. best 9.14
EC50 30 meas. best 7.7
Ki 16 meas. best 5.96
Kd 2 meas. best 4.92

Target Activity Profile

Target Type Best pChEMBL Mean pChEMBL Best (nM) # Data
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
CHEMBL360
IC50 9.14 7.6522 0.7 23
Mycobacterium tuberculosis variant bovis
CHEMBL613086
IC50 8.0 7.02 10.0 2
Unchecked
CHEMBL612545
IC50 7.94 6.657 11.5 20
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
CHEMBL360
EC50 7.7 7.7 20.0 2
Enoyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] reductase [NADH]
CHEMBL1849
IC50 7.52 7.52 30.0 1
Enterococcus faecium
CHEMBL357
EC50 6.89 6.405 130.0 2
Staphylococcus aureus
CHEMBL352
EC50 6.82 6.73 150.0 2
Plasmodium falciparum
CHEMBL364
IC50 6.72 6.0014 190.0 7
Nuclear receptor subfamily 1 group I member 2
CHEMBL3401
EC50 6.72 5.9371 190.0 14
Solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 1B1
CHEMBL1697668
IC50 6.52 5.935 300.0 4
Acinetobacter baumannii
CHEMBL614425
EC50 6.33 6.11 470.0 2
Hepatocyte
CHEMBL613690
EC50 6.01 6.01 980.0 1
Solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 1B1
CHEMBL1697668
Ki 5.96 5.365 1100.0 2
Cytochrome P450 2B6
CHEMBL4729
EC50 5.89 5.89 1300.0 1
Solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 1B3
CHEMBL1743121
Ki 5.85 5.575 1400.0 2
Solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 1A4
CHEMBL1781860
Ki 5.85 5.845 1400.0 2
Solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 1B3
CHEMBL1743121
IC50 5.82 5.82 1500.0 1
Mycolicibacterium smegmatis
CHEMBL613088
IC50 5.73 5.5333 1870.0 3
Polyunsaturated fatty acid lipoxygenase ALOX15
CHEMBL4358
IC50 5.53 5.53 2949.0 1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
CHEMBL348
EC50 5.28 5.195 5200.0 2
Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae
CHEMBL613207
EC50 5.27 5.27 5400.0 1
Enterobacter cloacae
CHEMBL349
EC50 5.21 5.135 6200.0 2
Alpha-synuclein
CHEMBL6152
IC50 5.15 4.74 7100.0 2
Caspase-1
CHEMBL4801
IC50 5.08 5.08 8319.0 1
Klebsiella pneumoniae
CHEMBL350
EC50 4.96 4.96 11000.0 1
Bile salt export pump
CHEMBL6020
IC50 4.95 4.72 11300.0 4
Albumin
CHEMBL3253
Kd 4.92 4.92 12000.0 1
Bile salt export pump
CHEMBL2073674
Ki 4.92 4.92 11900.0 1
Solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 1A1
CHEMBL1781859
Ki 4.74 4.74 18200.0 1
Plasmodium yoelii
CHEMBL612889
IC50 4.65 4.65 22200.0 1
Lanosterol 14-alpha demethylase
CHEMBL3849
IC50 4.52 4.52 30000.0 1
Bile salt export pump
CHEMBL2073674
IC50 4.46 4.46 34700.0 1
ATP-binding cassette sub-family C member 4
CHEMBL1743128
IC50 4.38 4.38 41900.0 1
ADMET
CHEMBL612558
Ki 4.3 4.15 50000.0 2
Solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 1A2
CHEMBL1743123
Ki 4.29 4.29 51000.0 1
ATP-binding cassette sub-family C member 2
CHEMBL5748
IC50 4.28 4.28 53000.0 1
Broad substrate specificity ATP-binding cassette transporter ABCG2
CHEMBL5393
IC50 4.25 4.25 56000.0 1
Solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 2B1
CHEMBL1743124
Ki 4.2 4.2 63000.0 1
Solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 2B1
CHEMBL1743124
IC50 4.19 4.19 65000.0 1
ATP-binding cassette sub-family C member 3
CHEMBL5918
IC50 4.16 4.16 69000.0 1
Glutathione S-transferase omega-1
CHEMBL3174
IC50 4.12 4.12 75000.0 1
NON-PROTEIN TARGET
CHEMBL3879801
IC50 4.02 4.02 96000.0 1
Vero
CHEMBL391
IC50 4.01 4.01 97900.0 1

Pharmacokinetic Data

Parameter Value Units Species
AUC 79700.0 ng.hr.mL-1 Homo sapiens
AUC 48500.0 ng.hr.mL-1 Homo sapiens
AUC 6400.0 ng.hr.mL-1 Homo sapiens
AUC 13200.0 ng.hr.mL-1 Homo sapiens
AUC 29700.0 ng.hr.mL-1 Homo sapiens
AUC 48200.0 ng.hr.mL-1 Mus musculus
AUC 45700.0 ng.hr.mL-1 Homo sapiens
AUC 41700.0 ng.hr.mL-1 Homo sapiens
AUC 13.1 ug ml-1 Homo sapiens
AUC 24.5 ug ml-1 Homo sapiens
AUC 100.0 ug ml-1 Homo sapiens
AUC 171.0 ug ml-1 Homo sapiens
AUC 44000.0 ng.hr.mL-1 Homo sapiens
AUC - ng.hr.mL-1 -
AUC 14000.0 ng.hr.mL-1 -
AUC - ng.hr.mL-1 -
AUC 122000.0 ng.hr.mL-1 -
AUC 7000.0 ng.hr.mL-1 -
AUC 7000.0 ng.hr.mL-1 -
AUC 14000.0 ng.hr.mL-1 -
AUC 14000.0 ng.hr.mL-1 -
AUC 112000.0 ng.hr.mL-1 Homo sapiens
AUC 49000.0 ng.hr.mL-1 Homo sapiens
AUC 50600.0 ng.hr.mL-1 Homo sapiens
AUC 24760.0 ng.hr.mL-1 Mus musculus
AUC 40280.0 ng.hr.mL-1 Oryctolagus cuniculus
AUC 6.22 - Cavia porcellus
AUC 4600.0 ng.hr.mL-1 Cavia porcellus
AUC 64400.0 ng.hr.mL-1 -
AUC 19650.0 ng.hr.mL-1 Staphylococcus aureus

Activity Data Samples

Top measurements by pChEMBL value

Target Type Rel. Value Units pChEMBL Assay PubMed
Mycobacterium tuberculosis IC50 = 0.72 nM 9.14 Antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv ATCC 27294 afte... 28993106
Mycobacterium tuberculosis IC50 = 0.72 nM 9.14 Antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv ATCC 27294 expr... 28763645
Mycobacterium tuberculosis IC50 = 2.4 nM 8.62 Antitubercular activity against dormant stage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37R... 30910461
Mycobacterium tuberculosis IC50 = 2.4 nM 8.62 Antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra ATCC 25177 dorm... 28411559
Mycobacterium tuberculosis IC50 = 4.1 nM 8.39 Antitubercular activity against fluorescent reporter strain of Mycobacterium tub... 26191372
Mycobacterium tuberculosis IC50 = 4.6 nM 8.34 Antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv ATCC 27294 afte... 28763645
Mycobacterium tuberculosis IC50 = 4.6 nM 8.34 Antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv ATCC 27294 afte... 28993106
Mycobacterium tuberculosis IC50 = 4.7 nM 8.33 Antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv INH-R2 ATCC 358... 27437078
Mycobacterium tuberculosis IC50 = 8.4 nM 8.08 Antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv INH-R1 harborin... 27437078
Mycobacterium tuberculosis variant bovis IC50 = 10.0 nM 8.0 Antimycobacterial activity against Mycobacterium bovis BCG assessed as growth in... -
Mycobacterium tuberculosis IC50 = 10.0 nM 8.0 Antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv ATCC 27294 expr... 33075682
Unchecked IC50 = 11.5 nM 7.94 Inhibition of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase using Kool NC-45 universal RNA pol... 20660693
Unchecked IC50 = 12.0 nM 7.92 Inhibition of wild type Escherichia coli RNA polymerase after 10 mins by rolling... 23679862
Mycobacterium tuberculosis IC50 = 13.0 nM 7.89 Antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv FQ-R1 harboring... 27437078
Unchecked IC50 = 14.0 nM 7.85 Inhibition of Escherichia coli switch region of RNA polymerase after 1 hr by tra... 25798859
Unchecked IC50 = 15.0 nM 7.82 Inhibition of wild type Staphylococcus aureus RNA polymerase assessed as reducti... 27336583
Unchecked IC50 = 15.0 nM 7.82 Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus wild-type RNA polymerase RpoB 18443108
Unchecked IC50 = 16.0 nM 7.8 Inhibition of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase core enzyme by transcription assay 24112046
Unchecked IC50 = 17.0 nM 7.77 Inhibition of wild type Mycobacterium tuberculosis RNA polymerase after 10 mins ... 23679862
Mycobacterium tuberculosis EC50 = 20.0 nM 7.7 Antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv by microdilutio... 23352268

Literature References

PubMed DOI Target Context # Activities
- 10.6019/CHEMBL3885861 Rattus norvegicus 1400
- 10.6019/CHEMBL3885881 Rattus norvegicus 196
18559647 10.1128/aac.00342-08 Clostridioides difficile 160
31022550 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.04.034 Pseudomonas aeruginosa 43
18443108 10.1128/aac.01649-07 Staphylococcus aureus 41
33826327 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01833 Mycobacterium tuberculosis 38
18591267 10.1128/aac.00405-08 Escherichia coli 36
19188385 10.1128/aac.01619-08 Staphylococcus aureus 36
20606072 10.1128/aac.00315-10 Neisseria meningitidis 34
19223616 10.1128/aac.01605-07 Staphylococcus aureus 31
19546358 10.1128/aac.00206-09 Staphylococcus aureus 27
17846127 10.1128/aac.01259-06 Acinetobacter baumannii 26
18391026 10.1128/aac.00461-07 Homo sapiens 26
17452486 10.1128/aac.01550-06 Homo sapiens 25
17724157 10.1128/aac.01533-06 Mycobacterium tuberculosis 22
17158933 10.1128/aac.01052-06 Staphylococcus lugdunensis 22
20713672 10.1128/aac.00470-10 Staphylococcus aureus 22
31281018 10.1016/j.bmcl.2019.07.001 Mycobacteroides abscessus 22
18378710 10.1128/aac.01486-07 Mycobacterium tuberculosis 21
20516287 10.1128/aac.00287-10 Mycobacterium tuberculosis 21

Data from ChEMBL 36 via Core Engine