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 …

PROTAC targeted protein degraders: the past is prologue

M Békés, DR Langley, CM Crews - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) is an emerging therapeutic modality with the potential to
tackle disease-causing proteins that have historically been highly challenging to target with …

Targeting cancer metabolism in the era of precision oncology

ZE Stine, ZT Schug, JM Salvino, CV Dang - Nature reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
One hundred years have passed since Warburg discovered alterations in cancer
metabolism, more than 70 years since Sidney Farber introduced anti-folates that …

Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) in cancer therapy

X Li, W Pu, Q Zheng, M Ai, S Chen, Y Peng - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are engineered techniques for targeted protein
degradation. A bifunctional PROTAC molecule with two covalently-linked ligands recruits …

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 …

Advances in targeting 'undruggable'transcription factors with small molecules

MJ Henley, AN Koehler - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2021 - nature.com
Transcription factors (TFs) represent key biological players in diseases including cancer,
autoimmunity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, outside nuclear receptors …

The PROTACtable genome

M Schneider, CJ Radoux, A Hercules… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are an emerging drug modality that may offer
new opportunities to circumvent some of the limitations associated with traditional small …

Deubiquitinase-targeting chimeras for targeted protein stabilization

NJ Henning, L Boike, JN Spradlin, CC Ward… - Nature chemical …, 2022 - nature.com
Many diseases are driven by proteins that are aberrantly ubiquitinated and degraded. These
diseases would be therapeutically benefited by targeted protein stabilization (TPS). Here we …

Evolutionary and structural insights about potential SARS-CoV-2 evasion of nirmatrelvir

KS Yang, SZ Leeuwon, S Xu… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The US FDA approval of PAXLOVID, a combination therapy of nirmatrelvir and ritonavir has
significantly boosted our morale in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Nirmatrelvir is an …

Targeted protein degradation: A promise for undruggable proteins

KTG Samarasinghe, CM Crews - Cell chemical biology, 2021 - cell.com
Summary Protein homeostasis, or" proteostasis," is indispensable for a balanced, healthy
environment within the cell. However, when natural proteostasis mechanisms are …