Rational discovery of molecular glue degraders via scalable chemical profiling

C Mayor-Ruiz, S Bauer, M Brand, Z Kozicka… - Nature chemical …, 2020 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation is a new therapeutic modality based on drugs that destabilize
proteins by inducing their proximity to E3 ubiquitin ligases. Of particular interest are …

Discovery of molecular glue degraders via isogenic morphological profiling

A Ng, F Offensperger, JA Cisneros… - ACS Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Molecular glue degraders (MGDs) are small molecules that degrade proteins of interest via
the ubiquitin–proteasome system. While MGDs were historically discovered serendipitously …

The CDK inhibitor CR8 acts as a molecular glue degrader that depletes cyclin K

M Słabicki, Z Kozicka, G Petzold, YD Li, M Manojkumar… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Molecular glue compounds induce protein–protein interactions that, in the context of a
ubiquitin ligase, lead to protein degradation. Unlike traditional enzyme inhibitors, these …

Haven't got a glue: protein surface variation for the design of molecular glue degraders

Z Kozicka, NH Thomä - Cell Chemical Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Molecular glue degraders are small, drug-like compounds that induce interactions between
an E3 ubiquitin ligase and a target, which result in ubiquitination and subsequent …

E3-specific degrader discovery by dynamic tracing of substrate receptor abundance

A Hanzl, E Barone, S Bauer, H Yue… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) is a new pharmacology based on small-molecule
degraders that induce proximity between a protein of interest (POI) and an E3 ubiquitin …

Chasing molecular glue degraders: screening approaches

A Domostegui, L Nieto-Barrado… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) govern all biological processes. Some small molecules
modulate PPIs through induced protein proximity. In particular, molecular glue degraders …

Rational chemical design of molecular glue degraders

ES Toriki, JW Papatzimas, K Nishikawa… - ACS central …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation with molecular glue degraders has arisen as a powerful
therapeutic modality for eliminating classically undruggable disease-causing proteins …

Discovery of a molecular glue promoting CDK12-DDB1 interaction to trigger cyclin K degradation

L Lv, P Chen, L Cao, Y Li, Z Zeng, Y Cui, Q Wu, J Li… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Molecular-glue degraders mediate interactions between target proteins and components of
the ubiquitin-proteasome system to cause selective protein degradation. Here, we report a …

Molecular glues: the adhesive connecting targeted protein degradation to the clinic

JM Sasso, R Tenchov, DS Wang, LS Johnson… - Biochemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation is a rapidly exploding drug discovery strategy that uses small
molecules to recruit disease-causing proteins for rapid destruction mainly via the ubiquitin …

Chemical specification of E3 ubiquitin ligase engagement by cysteine-reactive chemistry

RC Sarott, I You, YD Li, ST Toenjes… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation relies on small molecules that induce new protein–protein
interactions between targets and the cellular protein degradation machinery. Most of these …