Known targets — ChEMBL curated mechanism
ABL1ACEACHEACVR1ADRA1AADRA1BADRA1DADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRB1ADRB2ADRB3AGTR1ALKAVPR1AAVPR2BCHEBCRCA2CACNA1ACACNA1BCACNA1CCACNA1DCACNA1ECACNA1FCACNA1GCACNA1HCACNA1ICACNA1SCACNA2D1CACNA2D2CACNA2D3CACNA2D4CACNB1CACNB2CACNB3CACNB4CACNG1CACNG2CACNG3CACNG4CACNG5CACNG6CACNG7CACNG8CALCRLCASRCCR5CDK4CDK6CFBCHRM1CHRM2CHRM3CHRM4CHRM5CHRNA1CHRNA3CHRNA7CHRNB1CHRNB4CHRNDCHRNECHRNGCOXFA4COXFA4L2CRBNCSF1RCUL4ACYP19A1DDB1DPP4DRD1DRD2DRD3DRD4EDNRAEGFREML4ERBB2ERBB4ESR1ESR2FGFR1FGFR3FLT1FLT3FLT4GAAGABRA1GABRA2GABRA3GABRA4GABRA5GABRA6GABRB1GABRB2GABRB3GABRDGABREGABRG1GABRG2GABRG3GABRPGABRQGHSRGLAGNRHRGPD2GRIN1GRIN2AGRIN2BGRIN2CGRIN2DGRIN3AGRIN3BGSTP1HCN4HCRTR1HCRTR2HDAC1HDAC10HDAC11HDAC2HDAC3HDAC4HDAC5HDAC6HDAC7HDAC8HDAC9HRH1HRH2HRH3HSD11B1HSP90AA1HSP90AB1HTR1AHTR1BHTR1DHTR1EHTR1FHTR2AHTR2BHTR2CHTR3AHTR3BHTR3CHTR3DHTR3EHTR4HTR5AHTR6HTR7IMPDH1IMPDH2ITGA2BITGB3ITKJAK1JAK2KCNA1KCNA10KCNA2KCNA3KCNA4KCNA5KCNA6KCNA7KCNB1KCNB2KCNC1KCNC2KCNC3KCNC4KCND1KCND2KCND3KCNF1KCNG1KCNG2KCNG3KCNG4KCNH1KCNH2KCNH3KCNH4KCNH5KCNH6KCNH7KCNH8KCNJ2KCNJ3KCNJ5KCNK3KCNK9KCNQ1KCNQ2KCNQ3KCNQ4KCNQ5KCNS1KCNS2KCNS3KCNV1KCNV2KDRKITKLKB1LCKMMAOAMAOBMAPK14METMMP1MMP13MMP7MMP8MT-ND1MT-ND2MT-ND3MT-ND4MT-ND4LMT-ND5MT-ND6NDUFA1NDUFA10NDUFA11NDUFA12NDUFA13NDUFA2NDUFA3NDUFA5NDUFA6NDUFA7NDUFA8NDUFA9NDUFAB1NDUFAF1NDUFAF2NDUFAF3NDUFAF4NDUFB1NDUFB10NDUFB11NDUFB2NDUFB3NDUFB4NDUFB5NDUFB6NDUFB7NDUFB8NDUFB9NDUFC1NDUFC2NDUFS1NDUFS2NDUFS3NDUFS4NDUFS5NDUFS6NDUFS7NDUFS8NDUFV1NDUFV2NDUFV3NR3C1NS5ANTRK1NTRK2NTRK3ODC1OPRD1OPRK1OPRM1P2RY12PAHPARP1PDE3APDE3BPDE4APDE4BPDE4CPDE4DPDE5APDE7APDE7BPDE8APDE8BPDGFRAPDGFRBPIK3CAPIK3CDPNPPOLA1POLA2POLD1POLD2POLD3POLD4POLEPOLE2POLE3PPARGPRIM1PRIM2PRKCAPRKCBPRKCDPRKCEPRKCGPRKCHPRKCIPRKCQPRKCZPRKD1PRKD3PTGS1PTGS2RBX1RENRETROCK1ROCK2RPE65RRM1RRM2RRM2BS1PR1S1PR2S1PR3S1PR4S1PR5SCN10ASCN11ASCN1ASCN2ASCN3ASCN4ASCN5ASCN7ASCN8ASCN9ASCNN1ASCNN1BSCNN1GSIGMAR1SLC18A2SLC6A1SLC6A2SLC6A3SLC6A4SLC9A3SRCTACR1TOP1TOP2ATOP2BTTRTYMPdacAdacBdacCembAfolAftsIgyrAgyrBmrcAmrcBmrdAparCparEpolrplArplBrplCrplDrplErplFrplIrplJrplKrplLrplMrplNrplOrplPrplQrplRrplSrplTrplUrplVrplWrplXrplYrpmArpmBrpmCrpmDrpmErpmE2rpmFrpmGrpmG1rpmG2rpmG3rpmHrpmIrpmJrpsArpsBrpsCrpsDrpsErpsFrpsGrpsHrpsIrpsJrpsKrpsLrpsMrpsNrpsOrpsPrpsQrpsRrpsSrpsTrpsUykgMykgO
The experimentally established mechanism targets of Hydrochloric Acid. The predicted profile below is derived independently by chemical similarity — agreement is a validation signal, a miss is honest.
Predicted protein targets (top 11)
| gene | UniProt | supporting neighbours | confidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▸ | HTR6 known ✓ | P50406 | 4/20 | 0.40 |
| ▸ | HTR1F known ✓ | P30939 | 1/20 | 0.39 |
| ▸ | SLC6A2 known ✓ | P23975 | 2/20 | 0.38 |
| ▸ | SLC6A4 known ✓ | P31645 | 2/20 | 0.38 |
| ▸ | SLC6A3 known ✓ | Q01959 | 2/20 | 0.38 |
| ▸ | HTR1A known ✓ | P08908 | 1/20 | 0.38 |
| ▸ | GAA known ✓ | P10253 | 1/20 | 0.38 |
| ▸ | MC4R | P32245 | 6/20 | 0.39 |
| ▸ | MC5R | P33032 | 2/20 | 0.39 |
| ▸ | MC3R | P41968 | 2/20 | 0.39 |
| ▸ | ACACB | O00763 | 2/20 | 0.38 |
Click a target to see other patent compounds predicted against it — the reverse direction, in place.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrochloric Acid SCHEMBL6612954 | 1.00 | HTR6 (0.40) | HTR6MC4RMC5RMC3RHTR1F | |
| SCHEMBL71056 | 0.99 | HTR6 (0.41) | HTR6MC4RMC5RMC3RHTR1F | |
| SCHEMBL13713476 | 0.99 | HTR6 (0.41) | HTR6MC4RMC5RMC3RHTR1F | |
| SCHEMBL14540392 | 0.83 | MC4R (0.54) | MC4RMC5RMC3R | |
| SCHEMBL14540631 | 0.83 | MC4R (0.45) | MC4RMC5RMC3RHTR1FACACB | |
| SCHEMBL6867393 | 0.81 | MC4R (0.48) | MC4RMC5RMC3R | |
| SCHEMBL1697490 | 0.81 | HTR2C (0.46) | HTR1FSLC6A2SLC6A4SLC6A3HTR1A | |
| SCHEMBL1697486 | 0.81 | HTR2C (0.46) | HTR1FSLC6A2SLC6A4SLC6A3HTR1A | |
| SCHEMBL1697782 | 0.81 | HTR2C (0.46) | HTR1FSLC6A2SLC6A4SLC6A3HTR1A | |
| Hydrochloric Acid SCHEMBL4029874 | 0.77 | HTR6 (0.39) | HTR6SLC6A2SLC6A4SLC6A3HTR1A |
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 9 patents. claimed = in the patent's claims; disclosed = body only.
| Patent | Title | Assignee | Published | Priority | Filing | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US-7700778-B2 | Acylated piperidine derivatives as melanocortin-4 receptor agonists | MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP. (US) | 2010-04-20 | — | — | US | disclosed |
| EP-1385506-B1 | ACYLATED PIPERIDINE DERIVATES AS MELANOCORTIN-4 RECEPTOR AGONISTS | MERCK & CO INC (US) | 2009-05-06 | — | — | EP | disclosed |
| EP-1383501-B1 | ACYLATED PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVES AS MELANOCORTIN-4 RECEPTOR AGONISTS | MERCK & CO INC (US) | 2007-04-04 | — | — | EP | disclosed |
| US-7012084-B2 | Acylated piperidine derivatives as melanocortin-4 receptor agonists | MERCK & CO., INC. (US) | 2006-03-14 | — | — | US | disclosed |
| US-20060025442-A1 | Acylated piperidine derivatives as melanocortin-4 receptor agonists | MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP. | 2006-02-02 | — | — | US | disclosed |
| US-20040266821-A1 | Acylated piperidine derivatives as melanocortin-4 receptor agonists | UJJAINWALLA FEROZE | 2004-12-30 | — | — | US | disclosed |
| US-6818658-B2 | TREATING OBESITY, DIABETES, SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, INCLUDING ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AND FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION. | MERCK & CO., INC. | 2004-11-16 | — | — | US | disclosed |
| US-20040092501-A1 | Acylated piperidine derivatives as melanocortin-4 receptor agonists | MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP. | 2004-05-13 | — | — | US | disclosed |
| US-20030225060-A1 | Acylated piperidine derivatives as melanocortin-4 receptor agonists | MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP. | 2003-12-04 | — | — | US | disclosed |
Patent text — is the patent's own abstract consistent with the prediction?
For each of this compound's patents that has machine-readable text (4 of them — usually the abstract, not the full specification), we ask MedCPT which protein the text reads most about, and where the chemistry-predicted target lands among 4885 human targets. A high rank means the patent's own wording is consistent with the prediction — a weak, independent signal, not proof of activity.
| Patent | Title | Text reads most about | Predicted target · text-rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| US-20030225060-A1 | Acylated piperidine derivatives as melanocortin-4 receptor agonists | MC4R, MC5R, MC3R | HTR6 368/4885HTR1F 362/4885SLC6A2 1375/4885 |
| US-20060025442-A1 | Acylated piperidine derivatives as melanocortin-4 receptor agonists | MC4R, MC5R, MC3R | HTR6 368/4885HTR1F 362/4885SLC6A2 1375/4885 |
| US-20040092501-A1 | Acylated piperidine derivatives as melanocortin-4 receptor agonists | MC4R, MC5R, MC3R | HTR6 368/4885HTR1F 362/4885SLC6A2 1375/4885 |
| US-20040266821-A1 | Acylated piperidine derivatives as melanocortin-4 receptor agonists | MC4R, MC5R, MC3R | HTR6 368/4885HTR1F 362/4885SLC6A2 1375/4885 |
“Text reads most about” is the patent abstract's nearest protein in MedCPT space (background-debiased). Only ~1.4% of patents have machine-readable text, so most compounds won't have this panel.