Pharmacological chaperones improve intra-domain stability and inter-domain assembly via distinct binding sites to rescue misfolded CFTR

N Baatallah, A Elbahnsi, JP Mornon… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Protein misfolding is involved in a large number of diseases, among which cystic fibrosis.
Complex intra-and inter-domain folding defects associated with mutations in the cystic …

DCAF11 supports targeted protein degradation by electrophilic proteolysis-targeting chimeras

X Zhang, LM Luukkonen, CL Eissler… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Ligand-induced protein degradation has emerged as a compelling approach to promote the
targeted elimination of proteins from cells by directing these proteins to the ubiquitin …

Harnessing the E3 ligase KEAP1 for targeted protein degradation

J Wei, F Meng, KS Park, H Yim, J Velez… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) represent a new class of promising therapeutic
modalities. PROTACs hijack E3 ligases and the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS), leading …

Bardoxolone conjugation enables targeted protein degradation of BRD4

B Tong, M Luo, Y Xie, JN Spradlin, JA Tallarico… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) has emerged as a powerful tool in drug discovery for
the perturbation of protein levels using heterobifunctional small molecules. E3 ligase …

The cryo-EM structure of the SF3b spliceosome complex bound to a splicing modulator reveals a pre-mRNA substrate competitive mechanism of action

LI Finci, X Zhang, X Huang, Q Zhou, J Tsai… - Genes & …, 2018 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Somatic mutations in spliceosome proteins lead to dysregulated RNA splicing and are
observed in a variety of cancers. These genetic aberrations may offer a potential intervention …

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 …

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 …

The dTAG system for immediate and target-specific protein degradation

B Nabet, JM Roberts, DL Buckley, J Paulk… - Nature chemical …, 2018 - nature.com
Dissection of complex biological systems requires target-specific control of the function or
abundance of proteins. Genetic perturbations are limited by off-target effects …

Targeted protein degradation by electrophilic PROTACs that stereoselectively and site-specifically engage DCAF1

Y Tao, D Remillard, EV Vinogradova… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation induced by heterobifunctional compounds and molecular
glues presents an exciting avenue for chemical probe and drug discovery. To date, small …

Iterative design and optimization of initially inactive proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) identify VZ185 as a potent, fast, and selective von Hippel–Lindau (VHL) …

V Zoppi, SJ Hughes, C Maniaci, A Testa… - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Developing PROTACs to redirect the ubiquitination activity of E3 ligases and potently
degrade a target protein within cells can be a lengthy and unpredictable process, and it …