Known targets — ChEMBL curated mechanism
AGTR1DHFRGABBR1GABBR2GABRA1GABRA2GABRA3GABRA4GABRA5GABRA6GABRB1GABRB2GABRB3GABRDGABREGABRG1GABRG2GABRG3GABRPGABRQGARTNR3C2PBP2XPTGS1PTGS2VKORC1blablaT-3blaT-4blaT-5blaT-6dacAdacBdacCfolAftsImrcAmrcBmrdApbp1apbp1bpbp2apbp2bpbp3polthyA
The experimentally established mechanism targets of Propionic Acid. The predicted profile below is derived independently by chemical similarity — agreement is a validation signal, a miss is honest.
⚠ Novel chemotype — no close known analogue (best Tanimoto < 0.3). Unexplored chemical space relative to ChEMBL.
Similar compounds — the chemically nearest patent molecules
Nearest neighbours by Morgan-fingerprint cosine across the patent-compound collection, with each neighbour's top predicted target and the predicted targets it shares with this molecule.
| Compound | similarity | top predicted | shared targets | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Propionic Acid SCHEMBL29493216 | 1.00 | FFAR3 (0.53) | — | |
| Propionic Acid SCHEMBL4896693 | 1.00 | FFAR3 (0.53) | — | |
| Propionic Acid SCHEMBL21798886 | 0.96 | FFAR3 (0.56) | — | |
| Propionic Acid SCHEMBL2070238 | 0.96 | — | — | |
| Propionic Acid SCHEMBL11050406 | 0.96 | FFAR3 (0.50) | — | |
| Propionic Acid SCHEMBL11208525 | 0.96 | FFAR3 (0.50) | — | |
| Propionic Acid SCHEMBL11214158 | 0.96 | — | — | |
| Propionic Acid SCHEMBL28884837 | 0.93 | — | — | |
| Oxalic Acid SCHEMBL6685439 | 0.93 | FFAR3 (0.47) | — | |
| Propionic Acid SCHEMBL4813110 | 0.92 | FFAR3 (0.53) | — |
Similarity is cosine over the 2,048-bit Morgan fingerprint (≈ Tanimoto). Identical fingerprints score 1.00.
Patent provenance — the patents this molecule appears in, and who filed them
Appears in 6929 patents — a generic fragment claimed broadly, so it's down-weighted as IP noise. Top by claim status then date:
| Patent | Title | Assignee | Published | Priority | Filing | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP-4253442-B1 | AMINE COMPOSITION USEFUL FOR MAKING STABLE POLYURETHANE FOAM SYSTEMS | EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH (DE) | 2026-04-29 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| EP-4720050-A1 | PROCESS OF PREPARING HIV CAPSID INHIBITOR | GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. (US) | 2026-04-08 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| US-20260069910-A1 | ENVIRONMENTALLY-CLEAN WATER-BASED FIRE INHIBITING BIOCHEMICAL SOLUTIONS AND METHODS OF AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING THE SAME TO PROTECT PROPERTY AGAINST WILDFIRE | MIGHTY FIRE BREAKER LLC (US) | 2026-03-12 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-20260069911-A1 | ENVIRONMENTALLY-CLEAN FIRE INHIBITING BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS, SOLUTIONS AND POWDERS, AND METHODS OF AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING FIRE PROTECTED WOOD PRODUCTS | MIGHTY FIRE BREAKER LLC (US) | 2026-03-12 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-12568977-B2 | Leavening agents | Kudos Blend Ltd. (GB) | 2026-03-10 | — | — | US | claimed |
| EP-4701433-A1 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING WET POMACE | Herbstreith & Fox GmbH & Co. KG Pektin-Fabriken (DE) | 2026-03-04 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| US-20260048289-A1 | ENVIRONMENTALLY-SAFE WATER-BASED FIRE RETARDANT BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS FORMULATED USING ALKALI METAL SALTS, FREE FROM PHOSPHATES, NITRATES, AND AMMONIUM-SALTS, FOR NON-CORROSIVE AERIAL AND GROUND DELIVERY ONTO PROPERTY REQUIRING LONG-TERM PROTECTION AGAINST WILDFIRE | MIGHTY FIRE BREAKER LLC (US) | 2026-02-19 | — | — | US | claimed |
| EP-3716787-B1 | COMPOSITION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF BREAD | PURAC BIOCHEM BV (NL) | 2026-02-18 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| EP-4694700-A1 | A FERMENTATION-PRODUCED PROPIONATE POWDER, PROCESS OF PRODUCING IT, METHOD OF PRESERVING A FOOD PRODUCT OR COSMETIC PRODUCT, FOOD PRODUCT OR COSMETIC PRODUCT | Purac Biochem B.V. (NL) | 2026-02-18 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| US-20260034038-A1 | FERMENTATION-PRODUCED PROPIONATE POWDER | PURAC BIOCHEM B.V. (NL) | 2026-02-05 | — | — | US | claimed |
| EP-0032807-A1 | Dipotassium pentapropionate and method of preparing the same | BP Chemicals Limited (GB) | 1981-07-29 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| US-4256846-A | POLYETHER POLYOLS, ALKALI METAL CARBOXYLATES, TERTIARY AMINES | BRIDGESTONE TIRE CO., LTD. (JP) | 1981-03-17 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4205136-A | REACTING 3-METHYLPENTANE-1,3,5-TRIOL WITH POLYOL AND POLYISOCYANATE | BRIDGESTONE TIRE COMPANY LIMITED (JP) | 1980-05-27 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4192820-A | Preparation of 3-methyl-2-buten-1-al | BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (DE) | 1980-03-11 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4159994-A | AMMONIUM OR ALKALI METAL CARBOXYLATE | UNIBRA SOCIETE ANONYME (BE) | 1979-07-03 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4115591-A | CULTIVATING KOJI MOLD IN PRESENCE OF SODIUM OR POTASSIUM ALIPHATIC CARBOXYLATE | KIKKOMAN SHOYU CO. LTD. (JP) | 1978-09-19 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4112221-A | HEATING A 2',3'-O-SULFINYL-8-OXYPURINE | ASAHI KASEI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (JP) | 1978-09-05 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4089757-A | Electrochemical oxidation of alkoxy-substituted aromatic compounds | UOP INC. (US) | 1978-05-16 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4087372-A | An absorbing solution for the removal of nitrogen oxide form a gas containing same | KUREHA KAGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (JA) | 1978-05-02 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-3937814-A | SORBIC ACID, PROPIONIC ACID | DIRIGO CORPORATION (US) | 1976-02-10 | — | — | US | claimed |