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 …

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) …

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 …

Chemical specification of E3 ubiquitin ligase engagement by cysteine-reactive chemistry

RC Sarott, I You, YD Li, ST Toenjes… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation relies on small molecules that induce new protein–protein
interactions between targets and the cellular protein degradation machinery. Most of these …

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 …

Co-opting the E3 ligase KLHDC2 for targeted protein degradation by small molecules

CM Hickey, KM Digianantonio… - Nature Structural & …, 2024 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) by PROTAC (proteolysis-targeting chimera) and
molecular glue small molecules is an emerging therapeutic strategy. To expand the roster of …

Induced protein degradation for therapeutics: past, present, and future

H Yoon, JC Rutter, YD Li… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The concept of induced protein degradation by small molecules has emerged as a
promising therapeutic strategy that is particularly effective in targeting proteins previously …

Targeted protein degradation via intramolecular bivalent glues

O Hsia, M Hinterndorfer, AD Cowan, K Iso, T Ishida… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation is a pharmacological modality that is based on the induced
proximity of an E3 ubiquitin ligase and a target protein to promote target ubiquitination and …

Confounding factors in targeted degradation of short-lived proteins

V Vetma, LC Perez, J Elias, A Stingu… - ACS Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation has recently emerged as a novel option in drug discovery.
Natural protein half-life is expected to affect the efficacy of degrading agents, but to what …

Continuous evolution of compact protein degradation tags regulated by selective molecular glues

JAM Mercer, SJ DeCarlo, SS Roy Burman, V Sreekanth… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Conditional protein degradation tags (degrons) are usually> 100 amino acids long or are
triggered by small molecules with substantial off-target effects, thwarting their use as specific …