Sweet and blind spots in E3 ligase ligand space revealed by a thermophoresis-based assay

S Maiwald, C Heim, B Hernandez Alvarez… - ACS Medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Repurposing E3 ubiquitin ligases for targeted protein degradation via customized molecular
glues or proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) is an increasingly important therapeutic …

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] Expanding the ligand spaces for E3 ligases for the design of protein degraders

RSZ Saleem, MP Schwalm, S Knapp - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) has recently emerged as an exciting new drug modality.
However, the strategy of developing small molecule-based protein degraders has evolved …

[HTML][HTML] Electrophilic Screening Platforms for Identifying Novel Covalent Ligands for E3 Ligases

S Zheng, CM Crews - Biochemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are hetero-bifunctional small molecules
comprised of an E3 ligase recruiting molecule and the ligand for a protein of interest (POI) …

E3 ligase ligand chemistries: from building blocks to protein degraders

I Sosič, A Bricelj, C Steinebach - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs), capable of achieving targeted
protein degradation, have proven their great therapeutic potential and usefulness as …

Ligandability of E3 ligases for targeted protein degradation applications

BP Belcher, CC Ward, DK Nomura - Biochemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) using proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) and
molecular glue degraders has arisen as a powerful therapeutic modality for eliminating …

High throughput E3 ligase degron binding assays for novel PROTAC ligand discovery

RG Guenette, PR Potts - Methods in Enzymology, 2023 - Elsevier
The discovery of new small molecule ligands for E3 ligases will enable the creation of novel
proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) and molecular glues to tackle traditionally …

E3 ligase ligands for PROTACs: how they were found and how to discover new ones

T Ishida, A Ciulli - … Advancing the Science of Drug Discovery, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Bifunctional degrader molecules, also called proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs), are
a new modality of chemical tools and potential therapeutics to understand and treat human …

Efficient, multi-hundred-gram scale access to E3 ubiquitin ligase ligands for degrader development

MS Cooper, MC Norley, S Armitage… - Organic & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Small molecule heterobifunctional degraders (commonly also known as PROTACs) offer
tremendous potential to deliver new therapeutics in areas of unmet medical need. To deliver …

Driving E3 ligase substrate specificity for targeted protein degradation: lessons from nature and the laboratory

AD Cowan, A Ciulli - Annual Review of Biochemistry, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Methods to direct the degradation of protein targets with proximity-inducing molecules that
coopt the cellular degradation machinery are advancing in leaps and bounds, and diverse …