How to identify potential target protein of any novel small compound

How to identify the potential drug target for the newly synthesized small molecule?

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updated 3.2 years ago by Ram

• written 8.4 years ago by anithaslvn •

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Not easily. Billions of dollars are spent every year doing exactly this. Generally the approach is to synthesize thousands/millions of novel compounds/compound fragments, and screen them against protein(s) of interest.

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written 8.3 years ago by d-cameron

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