Known targets — ChEMBL curated mechanism
The experimentally established mechanism targets of Terephthalic 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)
| gene | UniProt | supporting neighbours | confidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▸ | TSHR | P16473 | 3/20 | 0.92 |
| ▸ | TP53 | P04637 | 1/20 | 0.92 |
| ▸ | SRD5A2 | P31213 | 4/20 | 0.75 |
| ▸ | CA1 | P00915 | 3/20 | 0.71 |
| ▸ | CA2 | P00918 | 3/20 | 0.71 |
| ▸ | CA12 | O43570 | 1/20 | 0.71 |
| ▸ | CA3 | P07451 | 1/20 | 0.71 |
| ▸ | TYR | P14679 | 1/20 | 0.71 |
| ▸ | DRD1 | P21728 | 1/20 | 0.71 |
| ▸ | CA4 | P22748 | 1/20 | 0.71 |
| ▸ | CA6 | P23280 | 1/20 | 0.71 |
| ▸ | CA5A | P35218 | 1/20 | 0.71 |
| ▸ | CA7 | P43166 | 1/20 | 0.71 |
| ▸ | CA9 | Q16790 | 1/20 | 0.71 |
| ▸ | CA14 | Q9ULX7 | 1/20 | 0.71 |
| ▸ | CA5B | Q9Y2D0 | 1/20 | 0.71 |
| ▸ | NAPRT | Q6XQN6 | 2/20 | 0.69 |
| ▸ | DAO | P14920 | 1/20 | 0.69 |
| ▸ | ALDH1A1 | P00352 | 2/20 | 0.67 |
| ▸ | ALOX15 | P16050 | 1/20 | 0.67 |
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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terephthalic Acid SCHEMBL4607897 | 1.00 | TSHR (0.92) | TSHRTP53SRD5A2CA1CA2 | |
| Terephthalic Acid SCHEMBL3045636 | 0.96 | TSHR (0.86) | TSHRTP53SRD5A2CA1CA2 | |
| Terephthalic Acid SCHEMBL175823 | 0.96 | TSHR (1.00) | TSHRTP53SRD5A2CA1CA2 | |
| Terephthalic Acid SCHEMBL1655 | 0.96 | TSHR (1.00) | TSHRTP53SRD5A2CA1CA2 | |
| Terephthalic Acid SCHEMBL2511919 | 0.96 | TSHR (1.00) | TSHRTP53SRD5A2CA1CA2 | |
| Terephthalic Acid SCHEMBL5053781 | 0.96 | TSHR (1.00) | TSHRTP53SRD5A2CA1CA2 | |
| Terephthalic Acid SCHEMBL25381766 | 0.92 | TSHR (0.92) | TSHRTP53SRD5A2CA1CA2 | |
| Terephthalic Acid SCHEMBL108476 | 0.92 | TSHR (0.92) | TSHRTP53SRD5A2CA1CA2 | |
| Terephthalic Acid SCHEMBL996091 | 0.92 | TSHR (0.92) | TSHRTP53SRD5A2CA1CA2 | |
| Terephthalic Acid SCHEMBL20704876 | 0.92 | TSHR (0.92) | TSHRTP53SRD5A2CA1CA2 |
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 33 patents — showing the first 20. claimed = in the patent's claims; disclosed = body only.
| Patent | Title | Assignee | Published | Priority | Filing | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WO-2025229586-A1 | POLYAMIDE GREASE THICKENING AGENT | INV NYLON CHEMICALS AMERICAS, LLC (US) | 2025-11-06 | — | — | WO | claimed |
| WO-2025229586-A1 | POLYAMIDE GREASE THICKENING AGENT | INV NYLON CHEMICALS AMERICAS, LLC (US) | 2025-11-06 | — | — | WO | disclosed |
| US-20240101751-A1 | HOLLOW MICROBALLOON | TOKUYAMA CORPORATION (JP) | 2024-03-28 | — | — | US | disclosed |
| US-20230390890-A1 | POLYMERIZABLE FUNCTIONAL GROUP-CONTAINING MICROBALLOON | TOKUYAMA CORPORATION (JP) | 2023-12-07 | — | — | US | disclosed |
| EP-4286439-A1 | HOLLOW MICROBALLOON | Tokuyama Corporation (JP) | 2023-12-06 | — | — | EP | disclosed |
| EP-4205904-A1 | POLYMERIZABLE FUNCTIONAL GROUP-CONTAINING MICROBALLOON | Tokuyama Corporation (JP) | 2023-07-05 | — | — | EP | disclosed |
| US-20230203234-A1 | HOLLOW MICROBALLOONS | TOKUYAMA CORPORATION (JP) | 2023-06-29 | — | — | US | disclosed |
| US-20230151179-A1 | HOLLOW MICROBALLOONS FOR CMP POLISHING PAD | TOKUYAMA CORPORATION (JP) | 2023-05-18 | — | — | US | disclosed |
| EP-3512905-B1 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A POLYBENZAZOL POLYMER (P) | BASF SE (DE) | 2022-08-24 | — | — | EP | disclosed |
| WO-2022045018-A1 | POLYMERIZABLE FUNCTIONAL GROUP-CONTAINING MICROBALLOON | 株式会社トクヤマ | 2022-03-03 | — | — | WO | disclosed |
| EP-1820667-A1 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | Bridgestone Corporation (JP) | 2007-08-22 | — | — | EP | disclosed |
| EP-0659796-B1 | Liquid crystalline polyesters | NIPPON OIL CO LTD (JP) | 1999-03-17 | — | — | EP | disclosed |
| EP-0608991-B1 | Liquid crystalline polyesters | NIPPON OIL CO LTD (JP) | 1997-05-21 | — | — | EP | disclosed |
| US-5432249-A | Liquid crystalline polyesters | NIPPON OIL COMPANY, LIMITED (JP) | 1995-07-11 | — | — | US | disclosed |
| EP-0659796-A2 | Liquid crystalline polyesters | NIPPON OIL COMPANY, LIMITED (JP) | 1995-06-28 | — | — | EP | disclosed |
| US-5391688-A | Aromatic co-polyesters having glass transition temperatures lower than the liquid crystal transition point | NIPPON OIL COMPANY, LIMITED (JP) | 1995-02-21 | — | — | US | disclosed |
| US-5358661-A | Stable, soluble polymers from 4,4*-biphenyldicarboxylic acid, 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid and/or terephthalic acid, and substituted 1,4-butanediols | NIPPON OIL COMPANY, LIMITED (JP) | 1994-10-25 | — | — | US | disclosed |
| EP-0608991-A1 | Liquid crystalline polyesters | NIPPON OIL CO. LTD. (JP) | 1994-08-03 | — | — | EP | disclosed |
| US-4278786-A | BIS/P-AMINOPHENOL ETHER OF A BISPHENOL | HITACHI, LTD. (JP) | 1981-07-14 | — | — | US | disclosed |
| US-4172938-A | Process for producing polyamides with lactam or urea solvent and CaCl2 | TEIJIN LIMITED (JP) | 1979-10-30 | — | — | US | disclosed |