Known targets — ChEMBL curated mechanism
The experimentally established mechanism targets of Afamelanotide. The predicted profile below is derived independently by chemical similarity — agreement is a validation signal, a miss is honest.
Predicted protein targets (top 15)
| gene | UniProt | supporting neighbours | confidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▸ | MC1R known ✓ | Q01726 | 2/20 | 0.81 |
| ▸ | MC4R | P32245 | 3/20 | 0.81 |
| ▸ | MC5R | P33032 | 2/20 | 0.81 |
| ▸ | MC3R | P41968 | 2/20 | 0.81 |
| ▸ | C5AR1 | P21730 | 2/20 | 0.72 |
| ▸ | IL23R | Q5VWK5 | 3/20 | 0.65 |
| ▸ | CTSL | P07711 | 3/20 | 0.62 |
| ▸ | CTSS | P25774 | 3/20 | 0.62 |
| ▸ | CTSK | P43235 | 3/20 | 0.62 |
| ▸ | CTSH | P09668 | 1/20 | 0.62 |
| ▸ | NMBR | P28336 | 1/20 | 0.61 |
| ▸ | GRPR | P30550 | 1/20 | 0.61 |
| ▸ | TFPI | P10646 | 2/20 | 0.60 |
| ▸ | CXCR4 | P61073 | 4/20 | 0.60 |
| ▸ | GLP1R | P43220 | 1/20 | 0.59 |
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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afamelanotide SCHEMBL22463810 | 1.00 | MC4R (0.81) | MC4RMC5RMC3RMC1RC5AR1 | |
| Afamelanotide SCHEMBL22463811 | 1.00 | MC4R (0.81) | MC4RMC5RMC3RMC1RC5AR1 | |
| Afamelanotide SCHEMBL29352792 | 1.00 | MC4R (0.81) | MC4RMC5RMC3RMC1RC5AR1 | |
| Afamelanotide SCHEMBL29533175 | 1.00 | MC4R (0.80) | MC4RMC5RMC3RMC1RC5AR1 | |
| SCHEMBL29970570 | 0.98 | MC4R (0.77) | MC4RMC5RMC3RMC1RC5AR1 | |
| SCHEMBL18281742 | 0.96 | MC4R (0.77) | MC4RMC5RMC3RMC1RC5AR1 | |
| SCHEMBL30312751 | 0.96 | MC4R (0.77) | MC4RMC5RMC3RMC1RC5AR1 | |
| SCHEMBL29533782 | 0.96 | C5AR1 (0.77) | MC4RMC5RMC3RMC1RC5AR1 | |
| SCHEMBL18281737 | 0.96 | MC4R (0.77) | MC4RMC5RMC3RMC1RC5AR1 | |
| Intermedine SCHEMBL20548027 | 0.96 | MC4R (0.82) | MC4RMC5RMC3RMC1RC5AR1 |
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
Claimed or disclosed in 3 patents. claimed = in the patent's claims; disclosed = body only.
| Patent | Title | Assignee | Published | Priority | Filing | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WO-2024040167-A2 | SELECTIVE MC4R LIGAND FOR TREATING OBESITY AND COGNITIVE LOSS | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (US) | 2024-02-22 | — | — | WO | disclosed |
| EP-4236981-A1 | PEPTIDES FOR USE IN SKIN AND HAIR PIGMENTATION | Follicum AB (SE) | 2023-09-06 | — | — | EP | disclosed |
| WO-2022090413-A1 | PEPTIDES FOR USE IN SKIN AND HAIR PIGMENTATION | FOLLICUM AB (SE) | 2022-05-05 | — | — | WO | disclosed |