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J Med Chem. 2010 Jan 28;53(2):752-8. doi: 10.1021/jm9014229.

Systematic analysis of public domain compound potency data identifies selective molecular scaffolds across druggable target families.

Journal of medicinal chemistry

Ye Hu, Anne Mai Wassermann, Eugen Lounkine, Jürgen Bajorath

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  1. Department of Life Science Informatics, B-IT, LIMES Program Unit Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat, Dahlmannstrasse 2, D-53113 Bonn, Germany.

PMID: 20000355 DOI: 10.1021/jm9014229

Abstract

Molecular scaffolds that yield target family-selective compounds are of high interest in pharmaceutical research. There continues to be considerable debate in the field as to whether chemotypes with a priori selectivity for given target families and/or targets exist and how they might be identified. What do currently available data tell us? We present a systematic and comprehensive selectivity-centric analysis of public domain target-ligand interactions. More than 200 molecular scaffolds are identified in currently available active compounds that are selective for established target families. A subset of these scaffolds is found to produce compounds with high selectivity for individual targets among closely related ones. These scaffolds are currently underrepresented in approved drugs.

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