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Table 2 Subcellular location and function classification of targeted drug targets

From: A systematic analysis of FDA-approved anticancer drugs

Subcellular location

Family

Subfamily

Number of targets

Cytoplasm (27)

 

Enzyme (23)

E3 ligase

1

Epigenetic enzyme

1

Monooxygenases

2

Peptidase

6

Phosphatidyl Inositol Kinases

1

Serine/threonine kinase

5

Threonine/tyrosine-protein kinase

2

Tyrosine kinase

5

Other (4)

Other

4

Extracellular space (7)

 

Cytokine (1)

Cytokine

1

Enzyme (1)

Phosphatase

1

Growth factor (4)

Growth factor

4

Hormone (1)

Hormone

1

Nucleus (23)

 

Enzyme (13)

Epigenetic enzyme

4

Polymerase

3

Ribonucleotide diphosphate reductase

1

Serine/threonine kinase

3

Tyrosine kinase

2

Receptor(10)

Ligand-dependent nuclear receptor

10

Plasma membrane (45)

 

Antigen (5)

Antigen

5

Enzyme(21)

Tyrosine kinase

21

Receptor(17)

Transmembrane receptor

12

 

G-protein coupled receptor

5

Transporter (1)

Transporter

1

Other (1)

Other

1