Cereblon covalent modulation through structure-based design of histidine targeting chemical probes

JT Cruite, GP Dann, J Che, KA Donovan… - RSC Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrophilic biocompatible warheads, particularly cysteine-reactive acrylamides, have
enabled the development of covalent inhibitor drugs and chemical biology probes, but …

Clinical translation of targeted protein degraders

NR Kong, LH Jones - Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) has emerged as a potentially transformational
therapeutic modality with considerable promise. Molecular glue degraders remodel the …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of protein ubiquitylation and deubiquitylation in drug discovery

Y Chen, H Xue, J Jin - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is the major machinery mediating specific protein
turnover in eukaryotic cells. By ubiquitylating unwanted, damaged, or harmful proteins and …

Biophysical and computational approaches to study ternary complexes: a 'cooperative relationship'to rationalize targeted protein degradation

JA Ward, C Perez‐Lopez, C Mayor‐Ruiz - ChemBioChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Degraders have illustrated that compound‐induced proximity to E3 ubiquitin ligases can
prompt the ubiquitination and degradation of disease‐relevant proteins. Hence, this …

Protein–protein interfaces in molecular glue-induced ternary complexes: classification, characterization, and prediction

H Rui, KS Ashton, J Min, C Wang, PR Potts - RSC Chemical Biology, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular glues are a class of small molecules that stabilize the interactions between
proteins. Naturally occurring molecular glues are present in many areas of biology where …

Dual IKZF2 and CK1α degrader targets acute myeloid leukemia cells

SM Park, DK Miyamoto, GYQ Han, M Chan, NM Curnutt… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a hematologic malignancy for which several epigenetic
regulators have been identified as therapeutic targets. Here we report the development of …

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 …

Molecular glue CELMoD compounds are regulators of cereblon conformation

ER Watson, S Novick, ME Matyskiela, PP Chamberlain… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Cereblon (CRBN) is a ubiquitin ligase (E3) substrate receptor protein co-opted by CRBN E3
ligase modulatory drug (CELMoD) agents that target therapeutically relevant proteins for …

Structural rationalization of GSPT1 and IKZF1 degradation by thalidomide molecular glue derivatives

RP Nowak, J Che, S Ferrao, NR Kong, H Liu… - RSC Medicinal …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Thalidomide and its derivatives are molecular glues that bind cereblon (CRBN), a
component of an E3 ubiquitin ligase complex, and mediate protein interactions with …

Proteolysis-targeting chimeras with reduced off-targets

TM Nguyen, V Sreekanth, A Deb, P Kokkonda… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are molecules that induce proximity between
target proteins and E3 ligases triggering target protein degradation. Pomalidomide, a widely …