Fragment-based discovery of bromodomain inhibitors part 1: inhibitor binding modes and implications for lead discovery

C Chung, AW Dean, JM Woolven… - Journal of medicinal …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Bromodomain-containing proteins are key epigenetic regulators of gene transcription and
readers of the histone code. However, the therapeutic benefits of modulating this target class …

De-novo design of cereblon (CRBN) effectors guided by natural hydrolysis products of thalidomide derivatives

C Heim, D Pliatsika, F Mousavizadeh… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation via cereblon (CRBN), a substrate receptor of an E3 ubiquitin
ligase complex, is an increasingly important strategy in various clinical settings, in which the …

Chemical approaches to targeted protein degradation through modulation of the ubiquitin–proteasome pathway

I Collins, H Wang, JJ Caldwell, R Chopra - Biochemical Journal, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Manipulation of the ubiquitin–proteasome system to achieve targeted degradation of
proteins within cells using chemical tools and drugs has the potential to transform …

Combinatorial Ubiquitination REal-time PROteolysis (CURE-PROs): a modular platform for generating reversible, self-assembling bifunctional targeted degraders

SF Giardina, E Valdambrini, PK Singh… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Proteolysis-Targeting Chimeras (PROTACs) are bifunctional molecules that bring a target
protein and an E3 ubiquitin ligase into proximity to append ubiquitin, thus directing target …

Mechanism of degrader-targeted protein ubiquitinability

C Crowe, M Nakasone, S Chandler, MH Tatham… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Small molecule degraders of disease-driving proteins offer a clinically proven modality with
enhanced therapeutic efficacy and the potential to tackle previously undrugged targets …

Development of Phenyl‐substituted Isoindolinone‐and Benzimidazole‐type Cereblon Ligands for Targeted Protein Degradation

X Nie, Y Zhao, H Tang, Z Zhang, J Liao… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Thalidomide, pomalidomide and lenalidomide, collectively referred to as immunomodulatory
imide drugs (IMiDs), are frequently employed in proteolysis‐targeting chimeras (PROTACs) …

Covalent ligand screening uncovers a RNF4 E3 ligase recruiter for targeted protein degradation applications

CC Ward, JI Kleinman, SM Brittain, PS Lee… - ACS chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation has arisen as a powerful strategy for drug discovery allowing
the targeting of undruggable proteins for proteasomal degradation. This approach most …

A nimbolide-based kinase degrader preferentially degrades oncogenic BCR-ABL

B Tong, JN Spradlin, LFT Novaes, E Zhang… - ACS chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) and proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) have
arisen as powerful therapeutic modalities for degrading specific proteins in a proteasome …

BROMOscan - a high throughput, quantitative ligand binding platform identifies best-in-class bromodomain inhibitors from a screen of mature compounds targeting …

E Quinn, L Wodicka, P Ciceri, G Pallares, E Pickle… - Cancer Research, 2013 - AACR
Post-translationally appended acetyllysine marks on histone tails are key regulatory features
of the epigenetic code. Bromodomains are “readers” of this specific lysine acetylation code …

Development of a covalent cereblon-based PROTAC employing a fluorosulfate warhead

RP Nowak, L Ragosta, F Huerta, H Liu… - RSC Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Many cereblon (CRBN) ligands have been used to develop proteolysis targeting chimeras
(PROTACs), but all are reversible binders of the E3 ubiquitin ligase. We recently described …