Acetylcysteine

Acetylcysteine

SCHEMBL726374

CC(=O)NC(CS)C(=O)O.Cl

nearest known ligand 0.95

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Known targets — ChEMBL curated mechanism

ABL1ACEACHEACVR1ADRA1AADRA1BADRA1DADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRB1ADRB2ADRB3AGTR1ALKAVPR1AAVPR2BCHEBCRCA2CACNA1ACACNA1BCACNA1CCACNA1DCACNA1ECACNA1FCACNA1GCACNA1HCACNA1ICACNA1SCACNA2D1CACNA2D2CACNA2D3CACNA2D4CACNB1CACNB2CACNB3CACNB4CACNG1CACNG2CACNG3CACNG4CACNG5CACNG6CACNG7CACNG8CALCRLCASRCCR5CDK4CDK6CFBCHRM1CHRM2CHRM3CHRM4CHRM5CHRNA1CHRNA3CHRNA7CHRNB1CHRNB4CHRNDCHRNECHRNGCOXFA4COXFA4L2CRBNCSF1RCUL4ACYP19A1DDB1DPP4DRD1DRD2DRD3DRD4EDNRAEGFREML4ERBB2ERBB4ESR1ESR2FGFR1FGFR3FLT1FLT3FLT4GAAGABRA1GABRA2GABRA3GABRA4GABRA5GABRA6GABRB1GABRB2GABRB3GABRDGABREGABRG1GABRG2GABRG3GABRPGABRQGHSRGLAGNRHRGPD2GRIN1GRIN2AGRIN2BGRIN2CGRIN2DGRIN3AGRIN3BGSTP1HCN4HCRTR1HCRTR2HDAC1HDAC10HDAC11HDAC2HDAC3HDAC4HDAC5HDAC6HDAC7HDAC8HDAC9HRH1HRH2HRH3HSD11B1HSP90AA1HSP90AB1HTR1AHTR1BHTR1DHTR1EHTR1FHTR2AHTR2BHTR2CHTR3AHTR3BHTR3CHTR3DHTR3EHTR4HTR5AHTR6HTR7IMPDH1IMPDH2ITGA2BITGB3ITKJAK1JAK2KCNA1KCNA10KCNA2KCNA3KCNA4KCNA5KCNA6KCNA7KCNB1KCNB2KCNC1KCNC2KCNC3KCNC4KCND1KCND2KCND3KCNF1KCNG1KCNG2KCNG3KCNG4KCNH1KCNH2KCNH3KCNH4KCNH5KCNH6KCNH7KCNH8KCNJ2KCNJ3KCNJ5KCNK3KCNK9KCNQ1KCNQ2KCNQ3KCNQ4KCNQ5KCNS1KCNS2KCNS3KCNV1KCNV2KDRKITKLKB1LCKMMAOAMAOBMAPK14METMMP1MMP13MMP7MMP8MT-ND1MT-ND2MT-ND3MT-ND4MT-ND4LMT-ND5MT-ND6NDUFA1NDUFA10NDUFA11NDUFA12NDUFA13NDUFA2NDUFA3NDUFA5NDUFA6NDUFA7NDUFA8NDUFA9NDUFAB1NDUFAF1NDUFAF2NDUFAF3NDUFAF4NDUFB1NDUFB10NDUFB11NDUFB2NDUFB3NDUFB4NDUFB5NDUFB6NDUFB7NDUFB8NDUFB9NDUFC1NDUFC2NDUFS1NDUFS2NDUFS3NDUFS4NDUFS5NDUFS6NDUFS7NDUFS8NDUFV1NDUFV2NDUFV3NR3C1NS5ANTRK1NTRK2NTRK3ODC1OPRD1OPRK1OPRM1P2RY12PAHPARP1PDE3APDE3BPDE4APDE4BPDE4CPDE4DPDE5APDE7APDE7BPDE8APDE8BPDGFRAPDGFRBPIK3CAPIK3CDPNPPOLA1POLA2POLD1POLD2POLD3POLD4POLEPOLE2POLE3PPARGPRIM1PRIM2PRKCAPRKCBPRKCDPRKCEPRKCGPRKCHPRKCIPRKCQPRKCZPRKD1PRKD3PTGS1PTGS2RBX1RENRETROCK1ROCK2RPE65RRM1RRM2RRM2BS1PR1S1PR2S1PR3S1PR4S1PR5SCN10ASCN11ASCN1ASCN2ASCN3ASCN4ASCN5ASCN7ASCN8ASCN9ASCNN1ASCNN1BSCNN1GSIGMAR1SLC18A2SLC6A1SLC6A2SLC6A3SLC6A4SLC9A3SRCTACR1TOP1TOP2ATOP2BTTRTYMPdacAdacBdacCembAfolAftsIgyrAgyrBmrcAmrcBmrdAparCparEpolrplArplBrplCrplDrplErplFrplIrplJrplKrplLrplMrplNrplOrplPrplQrplRrplSrplTrplUrplVrplWrplXrplYrpmArpmBrpmCrpmDrpmErpmE2rpmFrpmGrpmG1rpmG2rpmG3rpmHrpmIrpmJrpsArpsBrpsCrpsDrpsErpsFrpsGrpsHrpsIrpsJrpsKrpsLrpsMrpsNrpsOrpsPrpsQrpsRrpsSrpsTrpsUykgMykgO

The experimentally established mechanism targets of Acetylcysteine. 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
PTGS2 known ✓ P35354 1/20 0.95
ACE known ✓ P12821 1/20 0.59
CA2 known ✓ P00918 2/20 0.40
MAPT P10636 2/20 0.95
KDM4E B2RXH2 1/20 0.95
THRB P10828 1/20 0.95
ALOX15 P16050 1/20 0.95
NFKB1 P19838 1/20 0.95
THPO P40225 1/20 0.95
RECQL P46063 1/20 0.95
BLM P54132 1/20 0.95
SMN1; SMN2 Q16637 1/20 0.95
ALDH1A1 P00352 2/20 0.57
FOLH1 Q04609 3/20 0.50
CA1 P00915 2/20 0.40
GNPAT O15228 1/20 0.40
TGFBR1 P36897 1/20 0.39
NAALAD2 Q9Y3Q0 2/20 0.38
FNTA P49354 1/20 0.37
FNTB P49356 1/20 0.37

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.

Compoundsimilaritytop predictedshared targets
Acetylcysteine SCHEMBL6837834 1.00 MAPT (0.95) MAPTKDM4ETHRBALOX15NFKB1
Acetylcysteine SCHEMBL692009 1.00 MAPT (0.95) MAPTKDM4ETHRBALOX15NFKB1
Acetylcysteine SCHEMBL28278883 1.00 MAPT (0.95) MAPTKDM4ETHRBALOX15NFKB1
Acetylcysteine SCHEMBL28278886 1.00 MAPT (0.95) MAPTKDM4ETHRBALOX15NFKB1
Acetylcysteine SCHEMBL11025039 0.98 MAPT (0.91) MAPTKDM4ETHRBALOX15NFKB1
Acetylcysteine SCHEMBL28790180 0.98 MAPT (0.91) MAPTKDM4ETHRBALOX15NFKB1
Acetylcysteine SCHEMBL28790182 0.98 MAPT (0.91) MAPTKDM4ETHRBALOX15NFKB1
Acetylcysteine SCHEMBL3688241 0.98 MAPT (1.00) MAPTKDM4ETHRBALOX15NFKB1
Acetylcysteine SCHEMBL4437350 0.98 MAPT (1.00) MAPTKDM4ETHRBALOX15NFKB1
Acetylcysteine SCHEMBL4437351 0.98 MAPT (1.00) MAPTKDM4ETHRBALOX15NFKB1

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 53 patents — showing the first 20. claimed = in the patent's claims; disclosed = body only.

PatentTitleAssigneePublishedPriorityFilingCountryStatus
CN-114504425-A Cold compress patch preparation method, cold compress patch and application method thereof 湖北舒邦药业有限公司 2022-05-17 CN claimed
CN-112402461-A Composition for treating autism social interaction disorder 王益超 2021-02-26 CN claimed
WO-2020019034-A1 A TOPICAL SKIN CREAM COMPOSITION PALMER RAYMOND DENIS (AU) 2020-01-30 WO claimed
US-8608809-B2 Stable oxidative colouring composition for keratin fibres KAO GERMANY GMBH (DE) 2013-12-17 US claimed
US-20130180058-A1 STABLE OXIDATIVE COLOURING COMPOSITION FOR KERATIN FIBRES KAO GERMANY GMBH (DE) 2013-07-18 US claimed
EP-0185374-B1 LIQUID DICLOFENAC PREPARATIONS Merckle GmbH (DE) 1990-05-02 EP claimed
US-4711906-A MIXTURE OF PROPYLENE GLYCOL AND POLYOXYETHYLENE GLYCOL AND WATER MERCKLE GMBH (DE) 1987-12-08 US claimed
EP-3774787-B1 A COMPOUND, A REACTION PRODUCT OF SAID COMPOUND AND PRODUCTION METHODS THEREOF AGENCY SCIENCE TECH & RES (SG) 2025-08-20 EP disclosed
US-20250064764-A1 AQUEOUS FORMULATION COMPRISING PARACETAMOL AND IBUPROFEN Hyloris Pharmaceuticals SA (BE) 2025-02-27 US disclosed
CN-114504425-B Cold compress preparation method, cold compress and application method thereof 湖北舒邦药业有限公司 2025-02-14 CN disclosed
US-20240307481-A1 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING EYE FUNCTION CROSS III WILLIAM H (US) 2024-09-19 US disclosed
US-12083087-B2 Aqueous formulation comprising paracetamol and ibuprofen Hyloris Pharmaceuticals SA (BE) 2024-09-10 US disclosed
US-11999821-B2 Compound, a reaction product of said compound and production methods thereof AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH (SG) 2024-06-04 US disclosed
EP-2908801-A1 STABLE INJECTABLE COMPOSITION CONTAINING DICLOFENAC AND THIOCOLCHICOSIDE Epifarma Srl (IT) 2015-08-26 EP disclosed
WO-2014064030-A1 STABLE INJECTABLE COMPOSITION CONTAINING DICLOFENAC AND THIOCOLCHICOSIDE EPIFARMA S.R.L. (IT) 2014-05-01 WO disclosed
US-8608809-B2 Stable oxidative colouring composition for keratin fibres KAO GERMANY GMBH (DE) 2013-12-17 US disclosed
CN-103442737-A MRI marker, delivery and extraction systems and methods of manufacture and use thereof UNIV TEXAS 2013-12-11 CN disclosed
US-20130180058-A1 STABLE OXIDATIVE COLOURING COMPOSITION FOR KERATIN FIBRES KAO GERMANY GMBH (DE) 2013-07-18 US disclosed
EP-2608763-A2 STABLE OXIDATIVE COLOURING COMPOSITION FOR KERATIN FIBRES Kao Germany GmbH (DE) 2013-07-03 EP disclosed
WO-2012025435-A2 STABLE OXIDATIVE COLOURING COMPOSITION FOR KERATIN FIBRES KPSS-KAO PROFESSIONAL SALON SERVICES GMBH (DE) 2012-03-01 WO 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 (2 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-11999821-B2 Compound, a reaction product of said compound and production methods thereof COASY, CYP2C9, CYP2C19 PTGS2 368/4885ACE 258/4885CA2 3392/4885
US-20130180058-A1 STABLE OXIDATIVE COLOURING COMPOSITION FOR KERATIN FIBRES KRT18, GCLC, GLO1 PTGS2 626/4885ACE 1167/4885CA2 685/4885

“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.