ChEMBL is a database of bioactive compounds, their quantitative properties and bioactivities (binding constants, pharmacology and ADMET, etc). The data is abstracted and curated from the primary scientific literature.

Prefix

chembl

Alternative Prefixes

chembl ChEMBL ChEMBL_ID

Keywords

biochemistry drug discovery genomics medicinal chemistry molecules

License

CC-BY-SA-3.0

Links

Homepage Repository

Contact

David Mendez Lopez   0000-0002-0294-5484   nclopezo

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in ChEMBL should match this regular expression:
^CHEMBL\d+$

Example Local Unique Identifier

CHEMBL4303805   Resolve

Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from ChEMBL should match this regular expression:
^chembl:CHEMBL\d+$

Example CURIE

chembl:CHEMBL4303805

Publications

• 2019 ChEMBL: towards direct deposition of bioassay data
• 2016 The ChEMBL database in 2017
• 2013 The ChEMBL bioactivity database: an update
• 2011 ChEMBL: a large-scale bioactivity database for drug discovery

A summary of the relations in the Bioregistry schema can be found here.

Has Parts (bfo:0000051 )

chembl.cell chembl.compound chembl.target

In Collection

Global Biodata Coalition - Global Core Biodata Resources

The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are 7 mappings to external registries for this resource with 6 unique external prefixes.

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier CHEMBL4303805 is used to demonstrate the providers available for ChEMBL. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.

Additional providers curated in the Bioregistry are listed here. These are typically inherited from Identifiers.org or Prefix Commons, and need extra curation.