CHEBI:9555 - tioguanine

Main ChEBI Ontology Automatic Xrefs Reactions Pathways Models
ChEBI Name tioguanine
ChEBI ID CHEBI:9555
Definition A 2-aminopurine that is the 6-thiono derivative of 2-amino-1,9-dihydro-6H-purine. Incorporates into DNA and inhibits synthesis. Used in the treatment of leukaemia.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Supplier Information
Download Molfile XML SDF
Wikipedia License
Waiting for wikipedia content
Read full article at Wikipedia
Formula C5H5N5S
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 167.19200
Monoisotopic Mass 167.02657
InChI InChI=1S/C5H5N5S/c6-5-9-3-2(4(11)10-5)7-1-8-3/h1H,(H4,6,7,8,9,10,11)
InChIKey WYWHKKSPHMUBEB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES Nc1nc2[nH]cnc2c(=S)[nH]1
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): antimetabolite
A substance which is structurally similar to a metabolite but which competes with it or replaces it, and so prevents or reduces its normal utilization.
anticoronaviral agent
Any antiviral agent which inhibits the activity of coronaviruses.
Application(s): antineoplastic agent
A substance that inhibits or prevents the proliferation of neoplasms.
View more via ChEBI Ontology
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing tioguanine (CHEBI:9555) has role anticoronaviral agent (CHEBI:149553)
tioguanine (CHEBI:9555) has role antimetabolite (CHEBI:35221)
tioguanine (CHEBI:9555) has role antineoplastic agent (CHEBI:35610)
tioguanine (CHEBI:9555) is a 2-aminopurines (CHEBI:20702)
Incoming 6-methylthioguanine (CHEBI:140528) has functional parent tioguanine (CHEBI:9555)
IUPAC Name
2-amino-1,9-dihydro-6H-purine-6-thione
INNs Sources
tioguanina ChemIDplus
tioguanine KEGG DRUG
tioguanine WHO MedNet
tioguaninum ChemIDplus
Synonyms Sources
2-Amino 6MP ChemIDplus
2-Amino-1,7-dihydro-6H-purine-6-thione ChemIDplus
2-amino-1,9-dihydropurine-6-thione PDBeChem
2-Amino-6-mercaptopurine DrugBank
2-Amino-6-merkaptopurin DrugBank
2-Amino-6-purinethiol DrugBank
2-Aminopurin-6-thiol DrugBank
2-Aminopurine-6(1H)-thione DrugBank
2-Aminopurine-6-thiol DrugBank
6-Mercapto-2-aminopurine DrugBank
6-Mercaptoguanine DrugBank
6-TG ChemIDplus
6-Thioguanine DrugBank
6-thioguanine UniProt
TG DrugBank
ThG DrugBank
Thioguanine KEGG COMPOUND
Tioguanin ChemIDplus
Manual Xrefs Databases
2632 DrugCentral
C00018807 KNApSAcK
C07648 KEGG COMPOUND
CPD-5721 MetaCyc
D08603 KEGG DRUG
DB00352 DrugBank
DX4 PDBeChem
LSM-6723 LINCS
Thioguanine Wikipedia
View more database links
Registry Numbers Types Sources
1074099 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
154-42-7 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
21803983 PubMed citation Europe PMC
22178190 PubMed citation Europe PMC
22245861 PubMed citation Europe PMC
22261533 PubMed citation Europe PMC
22280519 PubMed citation Europe PMC
22563779 PubMed citation Europe PMC
22646133 PubMed citation Europe PMC
22822082 PubMed citation Europe PMC
22983983 PubMed citation Europe PMC
23259153 PubMed citation Europe PMC
23261807 PubMed citation Europe PMC
23377192 PubMed citation Europe PMC
23377281 PubMed citation Europe PMC
23393198 PubMed citation Europe PMC
25542975 PubMed citation Europe PMC
28166217 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
23 April 2020