PROTACs: great opportunities for academia and industry (an update from 2020 to 2021)

M He, C Cao, Z Ni, Y Liu, P Song, S Hao, Y He… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) technology is a new protein-
degradation strategy that has emerged in recent years. It uses bifunctional small molecules …

Structures and general transport mechanisms by the major facilitator superfamily (MFS)

D Drew, RA North, K Nagarathinam… - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The major facilitator superfamily (MFS) is the largest known superfamily of secondary active
transporters. MFS transporters are responsible for transporting a broad spectrum of …

[HTML][HTML] Glutamate metabolism and recycling at the excitatory synapse in health and neurodegeneration

JV Andersen, KH Markussen, E Jakobsen… - …, 2021 - Elsevier
Glutamate is the primary excitatory neurotransmitter of the brain. Cellular homeostasis of
glutamate is of paramount importance for normal brain function and relies on an intricate …

Beggars banquet: Metabolism in the tumor immune microenvironment and cancer therapy

W Zou, DR Green - Cell metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
Metabolic programming in the tumor microenvironment (TME) alters tumor immunity and
immunotherapeutic response in tumor-bearing mice and patients with cancer. Here, we …

Cancer SLC6A6-mediated taurine uptake transactivates immune checkpoint genes and induces exhaustion in CD8+ T cells

T Cao, W Zhang, Q Wang, C Wang, W Ma, C Zhang… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Taurine is used to bolster immunity, but its effects on antitumor immunity are unclear. Here,
we report that cancer-related taurine consumption causes T cell exhaustion and tumor …

Large-scale chemoproteomics expedites ligand discovery and predicts ligand behavior in cells

F Offensperger, G Tin, M Duran-Frigola, E Hahn… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Chemical modulation of proteins enables a mechanistic understanding of biology and
represents the foundation of most therapeutics. However, despite decades of research, 80 …

[HTML][HTML] Human gastrointestinal epithelia of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum resolved at single-cell resolution

GA Busslinger, BLA Weusten, A Bogte, H Begthel… - Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
The upper gastrointestinal tract, consisting of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum,
controls food transport, digestion, nutrient uptake, and hormone production. By single-cell …

A guide to plasma membrane solute carrier proteins

MD Pizzagalli, A Bensimon… - The FEBS …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This review aims to serve as an introduction to the solute carrier proteins (SLC) superfamily
of transporter proteins and their roles in human cells. The SLC superfamily currently …

Principles and functions of metabolic compartmentalization

L Bar-Peled, N Kory - Nature metabolism, 2022 - nature.com
Metabolism has historically been studied at the levels of whole cells, whole tissues and
whole organisms. As a result, our understanding of how compartmentalization—the spatial …

RCSB Protein Data Bank: Enabling biomedical research and drug discovery

DS Goodsell, C Zardecki, L Di Costanzo… - Protein …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Analyses of publicly available structural data reveal interesting insights into the impact of the
three‐dimensional (3D) structures of protein targets important for discovery of new drugs …