[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in PROTACs for drug targeted protein research

T Yao, H Xiao, H Wang, X Xu - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) is a heterobifunctional molecule. Typically,
PROTAC consists of two terminals which are the ligand of the protein of interest (POI) and …

Clinical translation of targeted protein degraders

NR Kong, LH Jones - Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) has emerged as a potentially transformational
therapeutic modality with considerable promise. Molecular glue degraders remodel the …

BAF complex vulnerabilities in cancer demonstrated via structure-based PROTAC design

W Farnaby, M Koegl, MJ Roy, C Whitworth… - Nature chemical …, 2019 - nature.com
Targeting subunits of BAF/PBAF chromatin remodeling complexes has been proposed as an
approach to exploit cancer vulnerabilities. Here, we develop proteolysis targeting chimera …

Targeting the epigenome to reinvigorate T cells for cancer immunotherapy

D Xiong, L Zhang, ZJ Sun - Military Medical Research, 2023 - Springer
Cancer immunotherapy using immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has revolutionized the
field of cancer treatment; however, ICI efficacy is constrained by progressive dysfunction of …

Natural product-based proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs)

M Liu, AP Martyn, RJ Quinn - Natural Product Reports, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: upto 2022 Natural products have an embedded recognition of protein surfaces.
They possess this property as they are produced by biosynthetic enzymes and are …

Building ubiquitination machineries: E3 ligase multi-subunit assembly and substrate targeting by PROTACs and molecular glues

S Ramachandran, A Ciulli - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•E3 ligase machineries confer specificity to protein ubiquitination.•Multi-subunit
assembly and substrate recognition impact E3 ligase activity.•Molecular glues and …

[HTML][HTML] Expanding the ligand spaces for E3 ligases for the design of protein degraders

RSZ Saleem, MP Schwalm, S Knapp - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) has recently emerged as an exciting new drug modality.
However, the strategy of developing small molecule-based protein degraders has evolved …

Recent advances in epigenetic proteolysis targeting chimeras (Epi-PROTACs)

D Tomaselli, N Mautone, A Mai, D Rotili - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) are heterobifunctional molecules that
trigger the poly-ubiquitination of the protein of interest (POI) inducing its degradation via the …

[HTML][HTML] Development of PROTACS degrading KRAS and SOS1

G Hamilton, MT Eggerstorfer, S Stickler - Oncology Research, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Kirsten rat sarcoma virus—son of sevenless 1 (KRAS-SOS1) axis drives tumor growth
preferentially in pancreatic, colon, and lung cancer. Now, KRAS G12C mutated tumors can …

Design and pharmaceutical applications of proteolysis-targeting chimeric molecules

Y Liang, KS Nandakumar, K Cheng - Biochemical pharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs), the hetero-bifunctional compounds
containing a specific ligand to bind the target protein, a suitable linker, and an E3 ubiquitin …