PPB
PPB predicts protein targets for small molecules by comparing multiple molecular fingerprints against ChEMBL bioactivity data.
Key Features:
- Multi-Fingerprint Comparisons: Uses multiple molecular fingerprints to compare chemical compounds for target inference.
- ChEMBL Bioactivity Data Integration: Integrates ChEMBL bioactivity records to ground similarity-based predictions in experimental compound–target data.
Scientific Applications:
- Drug Discovery: Prioritizes candidate protein targets for small-molecule drug discovery.
- Research and Development: Supports analysis of compound–target interaction hypotheses to guide experimental design.
- Academic Studies: Enables teaching and validation of target-prediction approaches using ChEMBL-backed comparisons.
Methodology:
Performs similarity-based target prediction via multi-fingerprint comparisons against ChEMBL bioactivity data.
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Details
- Tool Type:
- web application
- Operating Systems:
- Linux, Windows, Mac
- Added:
- 9/1/2018
- Last Updated:
- 12/10/2018
Operations
Publications
Awale M, Reymond J. The polypharmacology browser: a web-based multi-fingerprint target prediction tool using ChEMBL bioactivity data. Journal of Cheminformatics. 2017;9(1). doi:10.1186/s13321-017-0199-x. PMID:28270862. PMCID:PMC5319934.
Funding: - Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung: NCCR TransCure