Proximity-based modalities for biology and medicine

X Liu, A Ciulli - ACS Central Science, 2023 - ACS Publications
Molecular proximity orchestrates biological function, and blocking existing proximities is an
established therapeutic strategy. By contrast, strengthening or creating neoproximity with …

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 …

Acetylation targeting chimera enables acetylation of the tumor suppressor p53

M Kabir, N Sun, X Hu, TC Martin, J Yi… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
With advances in chemically induced proximity technologies, heterobifunctional modalities
such as proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) have been successfully advanced to …

Proximity-inducing modalities: the past, present, and future

S Singh, W Tian, ZC Severance… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Living systems use proximity to regulate biochemical processes. Inspired by this
phenomenon, bifunctional modalities that induce proximity have been developed to redirect …

The rise of degrader drugs

M Teng, NS Gray - Cell Chemical Biology, 2023 - cell.com
The cancer genomics revolution has served up a plethora of promising and challenging
targets for the drug discovery community. The field of targeted protein degradation (TPD) …

Targeted protein degradation: from mechanisms to clinic

JM Tsai, RP Nowak, BL Ebert, ES Fischer - Nature Reviews Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation refers to the use of small molecules to induce the selective
degradation of proteins. In its most common form, this degradation is achieved through …

DNA-encoded library-enabled discovery of proximity-inducing small molecules

JW Mason, YT Chow, L Hudson, A Tutter… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
Small molecules that induce protein–protein associations represent powerful tools to
modulate cell circuitry. We sought to develop a platform for the direct discovery of …

Beyond proteolysis-targeting chimeric molecules: designing heterobifunctional molecules based on functional effectors

L Hua, Q Zhang, X Zhu, R Wang, Q You… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In recent years, with the successful development of proteolysis-targeting chimeric molecules
(PROTACs), the potential of heterobifunctional molecules to contribute to reenvisioning drug …

Advancing targeted protein degradation via multiomics profiling and artificial intelligence

M Duran-Frigola, M Cigler… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Only around 20% of the human proteome is considered to be druggable with small-molecule
antagonists. This leaves some of the most compelling therapeutic targets outside the reach …

Methylarginine targeting chimeras for lysosomal degradation of intracellular proteins

LJ Seabrook, CN Franco, CA Loy, J Osman… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
A paradigm shift in drug development is the discovery of small molecules that harness the
ubiquitin-proteasomal pathway to eliminate pathogenic proteins. Here we provide a modality …