Small-molecule degraders beyond PROTACs—challenges and opportunities

JM Kastl, G Davies, E Godsman… - … the Science of Drug …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) is a recent strategy, utilizing the cell's proteostasis
machinery to deplete specific proteins. This represents a paradigm shift in early drug …

[HTML][HTML] Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) come of age: entering the third decade of targeted protein degradation

MJ Bond, CM Crews - RSC chemical biology, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
With the discovery of PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) twenty years ago,
targeted protein degradation (TPD) has changed the landscape of drug development …

[HTML][HTML] The rise and rise of protein degradation: opportunities and challenges ahead

SJ Hughes, A Testa, N Thompson, I Churcher - Drug Discovery Today, 2021 - Elsevier
The transformational mechanism of action underpinning targeted protein degradation
strategies, including proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs), gives potential for potent in …

Prey for the proteasome: targeted protein degradation—a medicinal chemist's perspective

LM Luh, U Scheib, K Juenemann… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Targeted protein degradation (TPD), the ability to control a proteins fate by triggering its
degradation in a highly selective and effective manner, has created tremendous excitement …

Targeted protein degradation: from mechanisms to clinic

JM Tsai, RP Nowak, BL Ebert, ES Fischer - Nature Reviews Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation refers to the use of small molecules to induce the selective
degradation of proteins. In its most common form, this degradation is achieved through …

Targeted protein degradation: expanding the toolbox

M Schapira, MF Calabrese, AN Bullock… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2019 - nature.com
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) and related molecules that induce targeted
protein degradation by the ubiquitin–proteasome system represent a new therapeutic …

Advancing targeted protein degradation for cancer therapy

B Dale, M Cheng, KS Park, HÜ Kaniskan… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The human proteome contains approximately 20,000 proteins, and it is estimated that more
than 600 of them are functionally important for various types of cancers, including nearly 400 …

[HTML][HTML] The importance of cellular degradation kinetics for understanding mechanisms in targeted protein degradation

KM Riching, EA Caine, M Urh, DL Daniels - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Targeted protein degradation has exploded over the past several years due to preclinical
and early clinical therapeutic success of numerous compounds, and the emergence of new …

[HTML][HTML] Chemically induced cellular proteolysis: an emerging therapeutic strategy for undruggable targets

S Moon, BH Lee - Molecules and cells, 2018 - Elsevier
Traditionally, small-molecule or antibody-based therapies against human diseases have
been designed to inhibit the enzymatic activity or compete for the ligand binding sites of …

PROTACs: past, present and future

K Li, CM Crews - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are heterobifunctional molecules consisting of
one ligand that binds to a protein of interest (POI) and another that can recruit an E3 …