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Evidence Snapshot

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M3

CHEMBL5498 SINGLE PROTEIN Cavia porcellus
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ChEMBL 36 via Core Engine

Target Snapshot 2026-09-13T08:18:00Z
Source · ChEMBL 36 via Core Engine
ChEMBL ChEMBL 36 CHEMBL5498
Identity Layer

Cross-source identity

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This review treats Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M3 as ChEMBL target CHEMBL5498, mapped to UniProt Q8VH26. Disease framing currently uses the Open Targets-ready proxy contract.

Review anchor
Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M3
SINGLE PROTEIN · Cavia porcellus
As of 2026-09-13
ChEMBL target ID
CHEMBL5498
Primary anchor for compounds, assays, approvals, and exports
ChEMBL 36 via Core Engine As of 2026-09-13
www.ebi.ac.uk
UniProt accession
Q8VH26
Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor
UniProt accession via ChEMBL component mapping As of 2026-09-13
www.uniprot.org
Disease evidence contract
Open Targets-ready proxy
ChEMBL drug mechanism + indication proxy
ChEMBL drug mechanism + indication proxy As of 2026-09-13
www.ebi.ac.uk

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Review-ready Target Rationale

Why Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M3 matters

As of 2026-09-13

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M3 is reviewed as Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (UniProt Q8VH26); the current evidence base includes 10 approved drugs, 804 compounds, and 157 assays, with lead potency reaching pChEMBL 10.7.

Protein context
Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor Sequence length is 587 aa.

Review this target as Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M3, mapped to UniProt Q8VH26. ChEMBL maps the protein component as Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor. Sequence length is 587 aa.

Protein source · UniProt accession via ChEMBL component mapping
UniProt Q8VH26 Protein
Disease context
Disease signal

Disease 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 record
Activity base
Portfolio and assay base

ChEMBL currently tracks 10 approved drugs, 804 compounds, and 157 assays for this target. The dominant activity type is KD. CHEMBL3087240 is the current potency anchor at pChEMBL 10.7.

Use CHEMBL3087240 as the tractability anchor when discussing potency (pChEMBL 10.7).

Activity source · ChEMBL 36 via Core Engine
10 approved pChEMBL 10.7
Source Guidance

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Review-ready Target Rationale
One-page rationale with as-of-date and attribution

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UniProt Target Context
UniProt accession via ChEMBL component mapping

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Disease Relevance & Evidence Level
ChEMBL drug mechanism + indication proxy

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804
Total Compounds
157
Total Assays
10
Approved Drugs
IC50: 34.0, KI: 67.0, EC50: 37.0, KD: 222.0
Activity Types

pChEMBL Activity Distribution

Top 5 Inhibitors (by pChEMBL)

Structure Compound pChEMBL Type Phase
No preferred name
CHEMBL3087240
10.7 Kd
10.3 EC50
No preferred name
CHEMBL3087368
10.1 Kd
No preferred name
CHEMBL3087236
10.1 Kd
10.1 Ki

Approved Drugs

Structure Compound First Approval
TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE
CHEMBL3545181
2004
DARIFENACIN
CHEMBL1346
2004
TOLTERODINE
CHEMBL1382
1998
OXYBUTYNIN
CHEMBL1231
1975
CARBACHOL
CHEMBL14
1972
ATROPINE
CHEMBL517712
1960
METHSCOPOLAMINE
CHEMBL376897
1953
BETHANECHOL
CHEMBL1482
1948
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ChEMBL 36 via Core Engine

Target Snapshot 2026-09-13T08:18:00Z
Source · ChEMBL 36 via Core Engine
ChEMBL ChEMBL 36 CHEMBL5498