Mercaptopropionic Acid

Mercaptopropionic Acid

SCHEMBL331156

O=C(O)CCS.O=C(O)CCS.OCCO

nearest known ligand 0.57

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Predicted protein targets (top 20)

geneUniProtsupporting neighboursconfidence
ACE P12821 1/20 0.57
FOLH1 Q04609 4/20 0.52
CAMK2A Q9UQM7 1/20 0.50
LMNA P02545 3/20 0.47
ALKBH5 Q6P6C2 1/20 0.47
SUCNR1 Q9BXA5 1/20 0.47
EGLN1 Q9GZT9 1/20 0.47
GPR84 Q9NQS5 1/20 0.46
FFAR1 O14842 1/20 0.46
FFAR4 Q5NUL3 1/20 0.46
ANPEP P15144 3/20 0.42
ENPEP Q07075 3/20 0.42
SLC22A6 Q4U2R8 1/20 0.42
TSHR P16473 2/20 0.40
NFKB1 P19838 1/20 0.40
PMP22 Q01453 1/20 0.40
FFAR3 O14843 1/20 0.38
HDAC3 O15379 1/20 0.38
HDAC1 Q13547 1/20 0.38
HDAC2 Q92769 1/20 0.38

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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.

Compoundsimilaritytop predictedshared targets
Mercaptopropionic Acid SCHEMBL2227412 1.00 ACE (0.57) ACEFOLH1CAMK2ALMNAALKBH5
Mercaptopropionic Acid SCHEMBL28714218 1.00 ACE (0.57) ACEFOLH1CAMK2ALMNAALKBH5
Mercaptopropionic Acid SCHEMBL30556234 1.00 ACE (0.57) ACEFOLH1CAMK2ALMNAALKBH5
Mercaptopropionic Acid SCHEMBL29228074 0.90 ACE (0.67) ACEFOLH1LMNAALKBH5SUCNR1
Mercaptopropionic Acid SCHEMBL10853644 0.90 ACE (0.67) ACEFOLH1LMNAALKBH5SUCNR1
Mercaptopropionic Acid SCHEMBL7289 0.90
Mercaptopropionic Acid SCHEMBL552238 0.88 GPR84 (0.62) ACEFOLH1CAMK2ALMNAALKBH5
Mercaptopropionic Acid SCHEMBL997923 0.88 CAMK2A (0.60) ACEFOLH1CAMK2ALMNAALKBH5
Mercaptopropionic Acid SCHEMBL25408451 0.87
Mercaptopropionic Acid SCHEMBL21805982 0.87

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 2389 patents — a generic fragment claimed broadly, so it's down-weighted as IP noise. Top by claim status then date:

PatentTitleAssigneePublishedPriorityFilingCountryStatus
WO-2026105643-A1 ISOCYANATE COMPOSITION, POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION, RESIN, MOLDED BODY, OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND LENS 三井化学株式会社 2026-05-21 WO claimed
WO-2026105644-A1 ISOCYANATE COMPOSITION, POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION, RESIN, MOLDED BODY, OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND LENS 三井化学株式会社 2026-05-21 WO claimed
EP-4442790-B1 QUANTUM DOT COMPOSITION, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, CURED PRODUCT THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD (KR) 2026-05-20 EP claimed
US-20260117456-A1 LCE-BASED ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE FIBER AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF NANJING DRUM TOWER HOSPITAL (CN) 2026-04-30 US claimed
EP-4725987-A2 XYLYLENE DIISOCYANATE COMPOSITION, POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION, RESIN, MOLDED BODY, OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND LENS TECHNICAL FIELD Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (JP) 2026-04-15 EP claimed
EP-4198069-B1 XYLYLENE DIISOCYANATE COMPOSITION, POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITON, RESIN, MOLDED BODY, OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND LENS MITSUI CHEMICALS INC (JP) 2026-03-04 EP claimed
EP-3958047-B1 OPTICAL MATERIAL MITSUI CHEMICALS INC (JP) 2026-03-04 EP claimed
EP-3922656-B1 POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL MATERIALS, OPTICAL MATERIAL AND USE OF SAME MITSUI CHEMICALS INC (JP) 2026-01-14 EP claimed
EP-4674881-A2 XYLYLENE DIISOCYANATE COMPOSITION, POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL MATERIALS, RESIN, MOLDED BODY, OPTICAL ELEMENT AND LENS Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (JP) 2026-01-07 EP claimed
EP-4662272-A1 PROCESS FOR RECYCLING POLYTHIOURETHANES, THIO COMPOUNDS, AND USE THEREOF Bruno Bock GmbH (DE) 2025-12-17 EP claimed
EP-1250370-B1 METHOD OF PREPARING AN OPTICAL POLYMERIZATE PPG IND OHIO INC (US) 2005-06-01 EP claimed
US-6669873-B1 Polythiol and unsaturated comonomers including divinylbenzene and/or methacrylic anhydride ; shrinkage inhibition PPC INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC. 2003-12-30 US claimed
US-6342571-B1 POLYMERIZABLE MIXTURE OF THIO(METH)ACRYLATE, VINYL AROMATIC, POLYTHIOL, AND UNSATURATED ANHYDRIDE COMONOMERS PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC. 2002-01-29 US claimed
US-20010047043-A1 Method of preparing a polymerizate PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC. 2001-11-29 US claimed
US-6117923-A OXIDATION RESISTANCE. POLYMERIZING A NOVEL SULFUR-CONTAINING COMPOUND HAVING AN EPISULFIDE STRUCTURE MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. (JP) 2000-09-12 US claimed
US-5976422-A POLYUNSATURATED MONOMER, BIS(MERCAPTOHYDROCARBONOIC ACID ESTER) OF 1-THIOGLYCEROL, OPTIONALLY UNSATURATED ANHYDRIDE; PHOTOCHROMIC ARTICLE PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC. (US) 1999-11-02 US claimed
US-5917006-A POLYTHIO ETHER POLYMER, VINYL MONOMER AND METHACRYLIC ANHYDRIDE OR OTHER OLEFIN ANHYDRIDE PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC. (US) 1999-06-29 US claimed
EP-0676428-B1 Composition for low-specific gravity urethane-base plastic lens MITSUI CHEMICALS INC (JP) 1999-02-03 EP claimed
EP-0676428-A1 Composition for low-specific gravity urethane-base plastic lens MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS, Inc. (JP) 1995-10-11 EP claimed
EP-0213701-A1 Thioether containing mercaptocarboxylic acids and process therefor W.R. GRACE & CO. (US) 1987-03-11 EP claimed