Drug target

Lysine-gingipain (Kgp)

Lysine-specific gingipain, a cysteine protease virulence factor of Porphyromonas gingivalis

1 compound in the CNS pipeline acts on Lysine-gingipain (Kgp).

Compounds targeting Lysine-gingipain (Kgp)

CompoundActionAffinityLead programDeveloper
LHP588primarySmall moleculeInhibitorPhase 2Alzheimer's diseaseCortexyme, Inc. (now Quince Therapeutics, Inc.)