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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2020-05-05</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>1</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001662774</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Cortexyme, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CRTX</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001674232</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>McDowell Caryn Gordon</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O CORTEXYME, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>269 EAST GRAND AVE.</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94080</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Legal &amp; Adm. Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks>No securities beneficially owned.

Exhibit 24.1: Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Caryn Gordon McDowell</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-05-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
