IMPPAT Phytochemical information: 
Aminolevulinic acid

Aminolevulinic acid
Summary

SMILES: NCC(=O)CCC(=O)O
InChI: InChI=1S/C5H9NO3/c6-3-4(7)1-2-5(8)9/h1-3,6H2,(H,8,9)
InChIKey: ZGXJTSGNIOSYLO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
DeepSMILES: NCC=O)CCC=O)O
Functional groups: CC(=O)O; CC(C)=O; CN
Chemical classification
ClassyFire Kingdom: Organic compounds
ClassyFire Superclass: Organic acids and derivatives
ClassyFire Class: Carboxylic acids and derivatives
ClassyFire Subclass: Amino acids, peptides, and analogues
NP Classifier Biosynthetic pathway: Amino acids and Peptides
NP Classifier Superclass: Small peptides
NP Classifier Class: Aminoacids
Synonymous chemical names:
5-aminolevulinate
Covalent inhibitor with Warhead::
CovPDB:COVPDB680 {covpdbwh_formatted};
External chemical identifiers:
CID:137; ChEMBL:CHEMBL601; ChEBI:356416; ZINC:ZINC000003782550; FDASRS:88755TAZ87; SureChEMBL:SCHEMBL8243; MolPort-001-788-423
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Aminolevulinic acid
Physicochemical properties
Property name Tool Property value
Molecular weight (g/mol) RDKit 0
Log P RDKit 0
Topological polar surface area (Å2) RDKit
Number of hydrogen bond acceptors RDKit
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Stereochemical complexity RDKit 0
Number of sp hybridized carbon atoms RDKit
Number of sp2 hybridized carbon atoms RDKit
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Shape complexity RDKit
Number of rotatable bonds RDKit
Number of aliphatic carbocycles RDKit
Number of aliphatic heterocycles RDKit
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Number of Smallest Set of Smallest Rings (SSSR) RDKit


Aminolevulinic acid
Drug-likeness properties
Property nameToolProperty value
Number of Lipinski’s rule of 5 violations RDKit 0
Lipinski’s rule of 5 RDKit Passed
Number of Ghose rule violations RDKit 4
Ghose rule RDKit Failed
Veber rule RDKit Good
Egan rule RDKit Good
GSK 4/400 rule RDKit Good
Pfizer 3/75 rule RDKit Good
Weighted quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (QEDw) score RDKit 0.53


Aminolevulinic acid
ADMET properties
Property nameToolProperty value
Bioavailability score SwissADME 0.55
Solubility class [ESOL] SwissADME Highly soluble
Solubility class [Silicos-IT] SwissADME Soluble
Blood Brain Barrier permeation SwissADME No
Gastrointestinal absorption SwissADME High
Log Kp (Skin permeation, cm/s) SwissADME -9.8
Number of PAINS structural alerts SwissADME 0.0
Number of Brenk structural alerts SwissADME 0.0
CYP1A2 inhibitor SwissADME No
CYP2C19 inhibitor SwissADME No
CYP2C9 inhibitor SwissADME No
CYP2D6 inhibitor SwissADME No
CYP3A4 inhibitor SwissADME No
P-glycoprotein substrate SwissADME No


Aminolevulinic acid
Predicted human target proteins
Protein identifierHGNC symbolCombined score from STITCH database
ENSP00000216117HMOX1861
ENSP00000219700HMOX2760
ENSP00000272644GPR17800
ENSP00000278715HMBS716
ENSP00000309259ALAS1984
ENSP00000332369ALAS2999
ENSP00000356110NUCKS1800
ENSP00000357775UROS711
ENSP00000372326FECH926
ENSP00000386284ALAD987
The human target proteins were predicted using STITCH, a database of Chemical-Protein interaction networks.