Butyrylcholinesterase
Cross-source identity
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This review treats Butyrylcholinesterase as ChEMBL target CHEMBL5077, mapped to UniProt Q9N1N9. Disease framing currently uses the Open Targets-ready proxy contract.
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Why Butyrylcholinesterase matters
Butyrylcholinesterase is reviewed as Carboxylic ester hydrolase (UniProt Q9N1N9); the current evidence base includes 12 approved drugs, 581 compounds, and 110 assays, with lead potency reaching pChEMBL 10.0.
Carboxylic ester hydrolase Sequence length is 602 aa.
Review this target as Butyrylcholinesterase, mapped to UniProt Q9N1N9. ChEMBL maps the protein component as Carboxylic ester hydrolase. Sequence length is 602 aa.
Protein source · UniProt accession via ChEMBL component mappingDisease relevance is not yet populated for this evidence card.
This disease block keeps the Open Targets-ready contract explicit while current evidence comes from ChEMBL mechanism and indication mappings.
ChEMBL target recordChEMBL currently tracks 12 approved drugs, 581 compounds, and 110 assays for this target. The dominant activity type is IC50. CHEMBL175949 is the current potency anchor at pChEMBL 10.0.
Use CHEMBL175949 as the tractability anchor when discussing potency (pChEMBL 10.0).
Activity source · ChEMBL 36 via Core EngineStart with the right source
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pChEMBL Activity Distribution
Top 5 Inhibitors (by pChEMBL)
| Structure | Compound | pChEMBL | Type | Phase |
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No preferred name
CHEMBL175949
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10.0 | Ki | — |
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No preferred name
CHEMBL179192
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9.6 | Ki | — |
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No preferred name
CHEMBL129108
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9.4 | Ki | — |
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No preferred name
CHEMBL175555
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9.2 | Ki | — |
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No preferred name
CHEMBL62084
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9.2 | IC50 | — |
Approved Drugs
| Structure | Compound | First Approval |
|---|---|---|
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RIVASTIGMINE
CHEMBL636
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1998 |
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DONEPEZIL
CHEMBL502
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1996 |
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TACRINE
CHEMBL95
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1993 |
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TACRINE HYDROCHLORIDE
CHEMBL1677
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1993 |
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ETHOPROPAZINE
CHEMBL1206
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1982 |
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HEXAFLUORENIUM BROMIDE
CHEMBL1200933
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1982 |