Azelaic Acid

Azelaic Acid

SCHEMBL4094376

O=C([O-])CCCCCCCC(=O)O.[Na+]

nearest known ligand 0.67

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Known targets — ChEMBL curated mechanism

ABCC8ACEADORA1ADORA2AADORA2BADORA3ALDH5A1ALOX5ALOX5APATP4AATP4BBRAFCA1CA12CA2CA4CYSLTR1DHFRDPEP1EDNRAEDNRBESR2F10FDPSFGF1GABBR1GABBR2GABRA1GABRA2GABRA3GABRA4GABRA5GABRA6GABRB1GABRB2GABRB3GABRDGABREGABRG1GABRG2GABRG3GABRPGABRQGARTGNRHRGSC1HMGCRIMPDH1IMPDH2KCNJ11LY96NOD2NR3C1NS3NS4ANS5bP2RY1P2RY12P2RY2P2RY4P2RY6PBP2XPDE3APDE3BPDE4APDE4BPDE4CPDE4DPDK1PDK2PDK3PDK4PPARGPPATPTGIRPTGS1PTGS2RAF1RYR1RYR3SCN10ASCN11ASCN1ASCN2ASCN3ASCN4ASCN5ASCN7ASCN8ASCN9ASERPINC1SLC12A1SLC12A3SYKTHRATHRBTLR3TLR4TLR9TUBA1ATUBA1BTUBA1CTUBA3CTUBA3ETUBA4ATUBBTUBB1TUBB2ATUBB2BTUBB3TUBB4ATUBB4BTUBB6TUBB8TYMSVKORC1XDHblablaIMP-1blaOXA-33blaOXA-58blaT-3blaT-4blaT-5blaT-6dacAdacBdacCfolAfolPfolP1ftsIfusAgaggyrAgyrBmecAmrcAmrcBmrdApbp1apbp1bpbp2pbp2apbp2bpbp3pbp4pbpApbpBpbpCpbpFpolponBrplArplBrplCrplDrplErplFrplJrplKrplLrplMrplNrplOrplPrplQrplRrplSrplTrplUrplVrplWrplXrplYrpmArpmBrpmCrpmDrpmErpmFrpmGrpmHrpmIrpmJrpoArpoBrpoCrpoZrpsArpsBrpsCrpsDrpsErpsFrpsGrpsHrpsIrpsJrpsKrpsLrpsMrpsNrpsOrpsPrpsQrpsRrpsSrpsTrpsUykgMykgO

The experimentally established mechanism targets of Azelaic Acid. The predicted profile below is derived independently by chemical similarity — agreement is a validation signal, a miss is honest.

Predicted protein targets (top 20)

geneUniProtsupporting neighboursconfidence
PPARG known ✓ P37231 6/20 0.52
PDE4A known ✓ P27815 1/20 0.52
PDE3A known ✓ Q14432 1/20 0.52
CA1 known ✓ P00915 1/20 0.52
THRB known ✓ P10828 1/20 0.52
TSHR P16473 5/20 0.67
LMNA P02545 3/20 0.67
NFKB1 P19838 1/20 0.67
PMP22 Q01453 1/20 0.67
GPR84 Q9NQS5 7/20 0.55
FFAR1 O14842 2/20 0.55
FFAR4 Q5NUL3 2/20 0.55
SLC22A6 Q4U2R8 2/20 0.53
PPARD Q03181 6/20 0.52
PPARA Q07869 6/20 0.52
HDAC11 Q96DB2 5/20 0.52
ALDH1A1 P00352 3/20 0.52
TLR2 O60603 2/20 0.52
TDP1 Q9NUW8 2/20 0.52
MEN1 O00255 2/20 0.52

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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
Octanedioate SCHEMBL9642090 1.00 TSHR (0.67) TSHRLMNANFKB1PMP22GPR84
Pimelic Acid SCHEMBL30384892 1.00 TSHR (0.67) TSHRLMNANFKB1PMP22GPR84
Sebacic Acid SCHEMBL6135890 1.00 TSHR (0.67) TSHRLMNANFKB1PMP22GPR84
Adipic Acid SCHEMBL21489542 0.97 LMNA (0.65) TSHRLMNANFKB1PMP22GPR84
Adipic Acid SCHEMBL105756 0.97 LMNA (0.65) TSHRLMNANFKB1PMP22GPR84
Potassium Ion SCHEMBL30384886 0.94 TSHR (0.67) TSHRLMNANFKB1PMP22GPR84
Azelaic Acid SCHEMBL31148332 0.94 TSHR (0.67) TSHRLMNANFKB1PMP22GPR84
Sebacic Acid SCHEMBL29049531 0.94 TSHR (0.67) TSHRLMNANFKB1PMP22GPR84
Azelaic Acid SCHEMBL29070842 0.94 TSHR (0.67) TSHRLMNANFKB1PMP22GPR84
Azelaic Acid SCHEMBL2380307 0.94 TSHR (0.67) TSHRLMNANFKB1PMP22GPR84

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.

PatentTitleAssigneePublishedPriorityFilingCountryStatus
EP-3749081-B1 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASING TOLERANCE TO ABIOTIC STRESS IN PLANTS CROP MICROCLIMATE MAN INC (US) 2025-05-21 EP disclosed
WO-2024177875-A1 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASING TOLERANCE TO ABIOTIC STRESS IN PLANTS CROP MICROCLIMATE MANAGEMENT INC. (US) 2024-08-29 WO disclosed
US-11638401-B2 Methods and compositions for increasing tolerance to abiotic stress in plants CROP MICROCLIMATE MANAGEMENT INC. (US) 2023-05-02 US disclosed
CN-110623949-A A composition containing azelaic acid monometal salt and Monoxazone for whitening and refining skin, and its preparation method 天津理工大学 2019-12-31 CN disclosed
US-20090111875-A1 Skin care compositions WHEWELL CHRISTOPHER J 2009-04-30 US disclosed
US-20090110657-A1 Skin care compositions WHEWELL CHRISTOPHER J 2009-04-30 US disclosed
US-20080089854-A1 Skin care compositions WHEWELL CHRISTOPHER J 2008-04-17 US disclosed
US-20070292382-A1 SKIN CARE COMPOSITIONS WHEWELL CHRISTOPHER J 2007-12-20 US disclosed
US-7300957-B1 Skin care compositions WHEWELL CHRISTOPHER J 2007-11-27 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 (5 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.

PatentTitleText reads most aboutPredicted target · text-rank
US-20090110657-A1 Skin care compositions CUTA, ELOVL5, SCD5 PPARG 593/4885PDE4A 2442/4885PDE3A 900/4885
US-20080089854-A1 Skin care compositions CUTA, MGLL, LPO PPARG 401/4885PDE4A 1210/4885PDE3A 360/4885
US-20070292382-A1 SKIN CARE COMPOSITIONS CUTA, MGLL, AGPAT5 PPARG 347/4885PDE4A 1367/4885PDE3A 569/4885
US-20090111875-A1 Skin care compositions ELOVL5, CUTA, LPO PPARG 198/4885PDE4A 1733/4885PDE3A 504/4885
US-11638401-B2 Methods and compositions for increasing tolerance to abiotic stress in plants HPD, NOS3, HNMT PPARG 2565/4885PDE4A 2312/4885PDE3A 2026/4885

“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.