The CDK inhibitor CR8 acts as a molecular glue degrader that depletes cyclin K

M Słabicki, Z Kozicka, G Petzold, YD Li, M Manojkumar… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Molecular glue compounds induce protein–protein interactions that, in the context of a
ubiquitin ligase, lead to protein degradation. Unlike traditional enzyme inhibitors, these …

Rational discovery of molecular glue degraders via scalable chemical profiling

C Mayor-Ruiz, S Bauer, M Brand, Z Kozicka… - Nature chemical …, 2020 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation is a new therapeutic modality based on drugs that destabilize
proteins by inducing their proximity to E3 ubiquitin ligases. Of particular interest are …

[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 …

Discovery of a molecular glue promoting CDK12-DDB1 interaction to trigger cyclin K degradation

L Lv, P Chen, L Cao, Y Li, Z Zeng, Y Cui, Q Wu, J Li… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Molecular-glue degraders mediate interactions between target proteins and components of
the ubiquitin-proteasome system to cause selective protein degradation. Here, we report a …

[PDF][PDF] Homolog-Selective Degradation as a Strategy to Probe the Function of CDK6 in AML

M Brand, B Jiang, S Bauer, KA Donovan, Y Liang… - Cell chemical …, 2019 - cell.com
The design of selective small molecules is often stymied by similar ligand binding pockets.
Here, we report BSJ-03-123, a phthalimide-based degrader that exploits protein-interface …

Molecular architecture and assembly of the DDB1–CUL4A ubiquitin ligase machinery

S Angers, T Li, X Yi, MJ MacCoss, RT Moon, N Zheng - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Protein ubiquitination is a common form of post-translational modification that regulates a
broad spectrum of protein substrates in diverse cellular pathways. Through a three-enzyme …

Rational chemical design of molecular glue degraders

ES Toriki, JW Papatzimas, K Nishikawa… - ACS central …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation with molecular glue degraders has arisen as a powerful
therapeutic modality for eliminating classically undruggable disease-causing proteins …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of the CDK2 and Cyclin A complex leads to autophagic degradation of CDK2 in cancer cells

J Zhang, Y Gan, H Li, J Yin, X He, L Lin, S Xu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) complex is significantly over-activated in many
cancers. While it makes CDK2 an attractive target for cancer therapy, most inhibitors against …

CRL4AMBRA1 is a master regulator of D-type cyclins

D Simoneschi, G Rona, N Zhou, YT Jeong, S Jiang… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
D-type cyclins are central regulators of the cell division cycle and are among the most
frequently deregulated therapeutic targets in human cancer, but the mechanisms that …

[PDF][PDF] Haven't got a glue: protein surface variation for the design of molecular glue degraders

Z Kozicka, NH Thomä - Cell Chemical Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Molecular glue degraders are small, drug-like compounds that induce interactions between
an E3 ubiquitin ligase and a target, which result in ubiquitination and subsequent …