Development of antibody-based PROTACs for the degradation of the cell-surface immune checkpoint protein PD-L1

AD Cotton, DP Nguyen, JA Gramespacher… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation has emerged as a new paradigm to manipulate cellular
proteostasis. Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are bifunctional small molecules …

The rise of covalent proteolysis targeting chimeras

R Gabizon, N London - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Targeted protein degradation offers several advantages over direct inhibition of protein
activity and is gaining increasing interest in chemical biology and drug discovery …

E3 ligases meet their match: fragment-based approaches to discover new E3 ligands and to unravel E3 biology

IN Michaelides, GW Collie - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ubiquitination is a key post-translational modification of proteins, affecting the regulation of
multiple cellular processes. Cells are equipped with over 600 ubiquitin orchestrators, called …

[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 …

Activity-based E3 ligase profiling uncovers an E3 ligase with esterification activity

KC Pao, NT Wood, A Knebel, K Rafie, M Stanley… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Ubiquitination is initiated by transfer of ubiquitin (Ub) from a ubiquitin-activating enzyme (E1)
to a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (E2), producing a covalently linked intermediate (E2–Ub) …

From thalidomide to rational molecular glue design for targeted protein degradation

V Oleinikovas, P Gainza, T Ryckmans… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Thalidomide and its derivatives are powerful cancer therapeutics that are among the best-
understood molecular glue degraders (MGDs). These drugs selectively reprogram the E3 …

[HTML][HTML] Chemoproteomics-enabled discovery of a covalent molecular glue degrader targeting NF-κB

EA King, Y Cho, NS Hsu, D Dovala, JM McKenna… - Cell chemical …, 2023 - cell.com
Targeted protein degradation has arisen as a powerful therapeutic modality for degrading
disease targets. While proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) design is more modular, the …

Affinity and cooperativity modulate ternary complex formation to drive targeted protein degradation

RP Wurz, H Rui, K Dellamaggiore… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation via “hijacking” of the ubiquitin-proteasome system using
proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) has evolved into a novel therapeutic modality …

Assessing the cell permeability of bivalent chemical degraders using the chloroalkane penetration assay

CA Foley, F Potjewyd, KN Lamb, LI James… - ACS chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Bivalent chemical degraders provide a catalytic route to selectively degrade disease-
associated proteins. By linking target-specific ligands with E3 ubiquitin ligase recruiting …

SPR-measured dissociation kinetics of PROTAC ternary complexes influence target degradation rate

MJ Roy, S Winkler, SJ Hughes, C Whitworth… - ACS chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Bifunctional degrader molecules, known as proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs),
function by recruiting a target to an E3 ligase, forming a target/PROTAC/ligase ternary …