(A) Matched molecular pair analysis (MMPA)
consists of finding
pairs of molecules (“A” and “B” in the
diagram) that only differ by a small structural change, referred to
as chemical “transformation”, while maintaining a common
core. Since every molecule is assigned an individual GN-activity (or
permeability) score P, the transformation can be
associated with the difference in the score, ΔP. (B) Distribution of all predicted GN-activity scores among molecules
containing the depicted transformation in association with a maintained
core (“A”, low-permeability partner in purple, and “B”,
high-permeability partner in orange). (C) Distribution of the score
difference between all matching pairs with the same transformation.