Structure-guided discovery of novel potent and efficacious proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) degrader of BRD4

W Xiang, Q Wang, K Ran, J Ren, Y Shi, L Yu - Bioorganic chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4) has been identified as a potential target
in the treatment of many cancers and several BRD4 inhibitors have entered clinical studies …

Profiling the landscape of drug resistance mutations in neosubstrates to molecular glue degraders

PM Gosavi, KC Ngan, MJR Yeo, C Su, J Li… - ACS Central …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) holds immense promise for drug discovery, but
mechanisms of acquired resistance to degraders remain to be fully identified. Here, we used …

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 …

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 …

Targeted Degradation of DNA/RNA binding proteins via covalent hydrophobic tagging

Y Wang, J Zhang, J Deng, C Wang, L Fang… - CCS …, 2023 - chinesechemsoc.org
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) holds great promise for biological inquiry and
therapeutic development. However, it still remains elusive to destruct DNA/RNA binding …

Structural basis of indisulam-mediated RBM39 recruitment to DCAF15 E3 ligase complex

DE Bussiere, L Xie, H Srinivas, W Shu, A Burke… - Nature Chemical …, 2020 - nature.com
The anticancer agent indisulam inhibits cell proliferation by causing degradation of RBM39,
an essential mRNA splicing factor. Indisulam promotes an interaction between RBM39 and …

Hijacking the E3 ubiquitin ligase cereblon to efficiently target BRD4

J Lu, Y Qian, M Altieri, H Dong, J Wang, K Raina… - Chemistry & biology, 2015 - cell.com
BRD4, a bromodomain and extraterminal domain (BET) family member, is an attractive
target in multiple pathological settings, particularly cancer. While BRD4 inhibitors have …

Structural basis of PROTAC cooperative recognition for selective protein degradation

MS Gadd, A Testa, X Lucas, KH Chan, W Chen… - Nature chemical …, 2017 - nature.com
Inducing macromolecular interactions with small molecules to activate cellular signaling is a
challenging goal. PROTACs (proteolysis-targeting chimeras) are bifunctional molecules that …

Diving into the water: inducible binding conformations for BRD4, TAF1 (2), BRD9, and CECR2 bromodomains

TD Crawford, V Tsui, EM Flynn, S Wang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The biological role played by non-BET bromodomains remains poorly understood, and it is
therefore imperative to identify potent and highly selective inhibitors to effectively explore the …

Emerging strategies for prospective discovery of molecular glue degraders

B Wang, S Cao, N Zheng - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Molecular glue (MG) degraders are monovalent small molecule compounds that co-opt E3
ubiquitin ligases to target neo-substrates for proteasomal degradation. Here, we provide a …