Molecular glues: the adhesive connecting targeted protein degradation to the clinic

JM Sasso, R Tenchov, DS Wang, LS Johnson… - Biochemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation is a rapidly exploding drug discovery strategy that uses small
molecules to recruit disease-causing proteins for rapid destruction mainly via the ubiquitin …

Small-molecule discovery through DNA-encoded libraries

AA Peterson, DR Liu - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
The development of bioactive small molecules as probes or drug candidates requires
discovery platforms that enable access to chemical diversity and can quickly reveal new …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Design principles for cyclin K molecular glue degraders

Z Kozicka, DJ Suchyta, V Focht, G Kempf… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
Molecular glue degraders are an effective therapeutic modality, but their design principles
are not well understood. Recently, several unexpectedly diverse compounds were reported …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting the structural basis of targeted protein degradation by integrating molecular dynamics simulations with structural mass spectrometry

T Dixon, D MacPherson, B Mostofian… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) is a promising approach in drug discovery for degrading
proteins implicated in diseases. A key step in this process is the formation of a ternary …

Ligation to Scavenging Strategy Enables On-Demand Termination of Targeted Protein Degradation

Y Jin, J Fan, R Wang, X Wang, N Li… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Event-driven bifunctional molecules, typified by proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC)
technology, have been successfully applied in degrading many proteins of interest (POI) …

E3 ligase autoinhibition by C-degron mimicry maintains C-degron substrate fidelity

DC Scott, MT King, K Baek, CT Gee, R Kalathur, J Li… - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
E3 ligase recruitment of proteins containing terminal destabilizing motifs (degrons) is
emerging as a major form of regulation. How those E3s discriminate bona fide substrates …

Proteome-scale discovery of protein degradation and stabilization effectors

J Poirson, H Cho, A Dhillon, S Haider, AZ Imrit… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation and stabilization are promising therapeutic modalities
because of their potency, versatility and their potential to expand the druggable target …

Small molecule inhibitors targeting the cancers

GH Liu, T Chen, X Zhang, XL Ma, HS Shi - MedComm, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Compared with traditional therapies, targeted therapy has merits in selectivity, efficacy, and
tolerability. Small molecule inhibitors are one of the primary targeted therapies for cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Protein degradation: expanding the toolbox to restrain cancer drug resistance

H Ming, B Li, J Jiang, S Qin, EC Nice, W He… - Journal of hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Despite significant progress in clinical management, drug resistance remains a major
obstacle. Recent research based on protein degradation to restrain drug resistance has …