Molecular glues for targeted protein degradation: from serendipity to rational discovery

G Dong, Y Ding, S He, C Sheng - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation is a promising area in the discovery and development of
innovative therapeutics. Molecular glues mediate proximity-induced protein degradation and …

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 …

Chasing molecular glue degraders: screening approaches

A Domostegui, L Nieto-Barrado… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) govern all biological processes. Some small molecules
modulate PPIs through induced protein proximity. In particular, molecular glue degraders …

[HTML][HTML] The importance of cellular degradation kinetics for understanding mechanisms in targeted protein degradation

KM Riching, EA Caine, M Urh, DL Daniels - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Targeted protein degradation has exploded over the past several years due to preclinical
and early clinical therapeutic success of numerous compounds, and the emergence of new …

Prey for the proteasome: targeted protein degradation—a medicinal chemist's perspective

LM Luh, U Scheib, K Juenemann… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Targeted protein degradation (TPD), the ability to control a proteins fate by triggering its
degradation in a highly selective and effective manner, has created tremendous excitement …

Critical assessment of targeted protein degradation as a research tool and pharmacological modality

M Kostic, LH Jones - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Small molecules continue to dominate drug discovery because of their ease of use, lower
cost of manufacturing, and access to intracellular targets. However, despite these …

Chemical-mediated targeted protein degradation in neurodegenerative diseases

S Hyun, D Shin - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, and
Parkinson's disease, are a class of diseases that lead to dysfunction of cognition and …

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 …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) come of age: entering the third decade of targeted protein degradation

MJ Bond, CM Crews - RSC chemical biology, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
With the discovery of PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) twenty years ago,
targeted protein degradation (TPD) has changed the landscape of drug development …