PROTACs: past, present and future

K Li, CM Crews - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are heterobifunctional molecules consisting of
one ligand that binds to a protein of interest (POI) and another that can recruit an E3 …

[HTML][HTML] Discovery of small molecule ligands for the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) E3 ligase and their use as inhibitors and PROTAC degraders

CJ Diehl, A Ciulli - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) Cullin RING E3 ligase is an essential enzyme in the ubiquitin-
proteasome system that recruits substrates such as the hypoxia inducible factor for …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Functional E3 ligase hotspots and resistance mechanisms to small-molecule degraders

A Hanzl, R Casement, H Imrichova, SJ Hughes… - Nature chemical …, 2023 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation is a novel pharmacology established by drugs that recruit
target proteins to E3 ubiquitin ligases. Based on the structure of the degrader and the target …

Hydrogen-bond donors in drug design

PW Kenny - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen-bond donors are seen to cause more problems for drug designers than hydrogen-
bond acceptors. Most of the polarity in drug-like compounds comes from hydrogen-bond …

PROTAC degraders as chemical probes for studying target biology and target validation

V Němec, MP Schwalm, S Müller… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Small molecule degraders such as PROTACs (PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras) have
emerged as new promising pharmacological modalities and the first PROTAC drug …

Degrader-antibody conjugates

PS Dragovich - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Degrader-antibody conjugates (DACs) are novel entities that combine a proteolysis
targeting chimera (PROTAC) payload with a monoclonal antibody via some type of chemical …

Linker-dependent folding rationalizes PROTAC cell permeability

V Poongavanam, Y Atilaw, S Siegel… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) must be cell permeable to reach their target
proteins. This is challenging as the bivalent structure of PROTACs puts them in chemical …

A bibliometric analysis of PROTAC from 2001 to 2021

D Li, D Yu, Y Li, R Yang - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) technology, one of the targeted protein degradation
technologies, has drawn marked attention from researchers of both academia and industry …

Advancing strategies for proteolysis-targeting chimera design

M Li, Y Zhi, B Liu, Q Yao - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) have shown great therapeutic potential by
degrading various disease-causing proteins, particularly those related to tumors. Therefore …