Targeted protein degradation as a powerful research tool in basic biology and drug target discovery

T Wu, H Yoon, Y Xiong, SE Dixon-Clarke… - Nature Structural & …, 2020 - nature.com
Controlled perturbation of protein activity is essential to study protein function in cells and
living organisms. Small molecules that hijack the cellular protein ubiquitination machinery to …

CRISPR screen reveals BRD2/4 molecular glue-like degrader via recruitment of DCAF16

AG Shergalis, VL Marin, DY Rhee… - ACS chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Molecular glues (MGs) are monovalent small molecules that induce an interaction between
proteins (native or non-native partners) by altering the protein–protein interaction (PPI) …

[HTML][HTML] Selective target protein degradation via phthalimide conjugation

GE Winter, DL Buckley, J Paulk, JM Roberts… - Science (New York …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Small-molecule antagonists disable discrete biochemical properties of protein targets. For
multi-domain protein targets, the pharmacologic consequence of drug action is limited by …

[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 …

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 …

Recognition of substrate degrons by E3 ubiquitin ligases and modulation by small-molecule mimicry strategies

X Lucas, A Ciulli - Current opinion in structural biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•E3 ligases recruit substrates for proteasomal degradation by recognition of
degrons.•Crystal structures reveal the structural basis and mechanism of degron …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the target scope of KEAP1 E3 ligase-based PROTACs

G Du, J Jiang, NJ Henning, N Safaee, E Koide… - Cell chemical …, 2022 - cell.com
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) uses small molecules to recruit E3 ubiquitin ligases into
the proximity of proteins of interest, inducing ubiquitination-dependent degradation. A major …

Protein degradation by in-cell self-assembly of proteolysis targeting chimeras

H Lebraud, DJ Wright, CN Johnson… - ACS central …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Selective degradation of proteins by proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) offers a
promising potential alternative to protein inhibition for therapeutic intervention. Current …

Antibody-mediated delivery of chimeric BRD4 degraders. Part 1: exploration of antibody linker, payload loading, and payload molecular properties

PS Dragovich, TH Pillow, RA Blake… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The biological and medicinal impacts of proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) and
related chimeric molecules that effect intracellular degradation of target proteins via ubiquitin …

Bridged proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) enables degradation of undruggable targets

Y Xiong, Y Zhong, H Yim, X Yang, KS Park… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras (PROTACs) are attractive therapeutic modalities for
degrading disease-causing proteins. While many PROTACs have been developed for …