Development of PROTAC Degrader Drugs for Cancer

V Vetma, S O'Connor, A Ciulli - Annual Review of Cancer …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The development of novel drug modalities is necessary to overcome the current critical
issues in the treatment of cancer, namely toxicity, insufficient efficacy, and the development …

Luciferase-and HaloTag-based reporter assays to measure small-molecule-induced degradation pathway in living cells

MP Schwalm, K Saxena, S Müller, S Knapp - Nature Protocols, 2024 - nature.com
The rational development of small-molecule degraders (eg, proteolysis targeting chimeras)
remains a challenge as the rate-limiting steps that determine degrader efficiency are largely …

Multisite phosphorylation dictates selective E2-E3 pairing as revealed by Ubc8/UBE2H-GID/CTLH assemblies

J Chrustowicz, D Sherpa, J Li, CR Langlois… - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Ubiquitylation is catalyzed by coordinated actions of E3 and E2 enzymes. Molecular
principles governing many important E3-E2 partnerships remain unknown, including those …

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 …

Interplay between β-propeller subunits WDR26 and muskelin regulates the CTLH E3 ligase supramolecular complex

MER Maitland, G Onea, DDG Owens… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
The Pro/N-degron recognizing C-terminal to LisH (CTLH) complex is an E3 ligase of
emerging interest in the developmental biology field and for targeted protein degradation …

Skraban‐Deardorff intellectual disability syndrome‐associated mutations in WDR 26 impair CTLH E 3 complex assembly

A Gross, J Müller, J Chrustowicz, A Strasser… - FEBS …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Patients with Skraban‐Deardorff syndrome (SKDEAS), a neurodevelopmental syndrome
associated with a spectrum of developmental and intellectual delays and disabilities, harbor …

Non-canonical substrate recognition by the human WDR26-CTLH E3 ligase regulates prodrug metabolism

KV Gottemukkala, J Chrustowicz, D Sherpa, S Sepic… - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
The yeast glucose-induced degradation-deficient (GID) E3 ubiquitin ligase forms a suite of
complexes with interchangeable receptors that selectively recruit N-terminal degron motifs of …

Unlocking DCAFs To Catalyze Degrader Development: An Arena for Innovative Approaches

Q Miao, VD Kadam, A Mukherjee, Z Tan… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chemically induced proximity-based targeted protein degradation (TPD) has become a
prominent paradigm in drug discovery. With the clinical benefit demonstrated by certain …

The hGIDGID4 E3 ubiquitin ligase complex targets ARHGAP11A to regulate cell migration

H Bagci, M Winkler, B Grädel, F Uliana… - Life Science …, 2024 - life-science-alliance.org
The human CTLH/GID (hGID) complex emerged as an important E3 ligase regulating
multiple cellular processes, including cell cycle progression and metabolism. However, the …

Toward target 2035: EUbOPEN-a public–private partnership to enable & unlock biology in the open

C Tredup, S Ackloo, H Beck, PJ Brown… - RSC Medicinal …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Target 2035 is a global initiative that seeks to identify a pharmacological modulator of most
human proteins by the year 2035. As part of an ongoing series of annual updates of this …