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ArticleCell chemical biology2020

Inducible Degradation of Target Proteins through a Tractable Affinity-Directed Protein Missile System.

Luke M Simpson, Thomas J Macartney, Alice Nardin, Luke J Fulcher, Sascha Röth, Andrea Testa, Chiara Maniaci, Alessio Ciulli, Ian G Ganley, Gopal P Sapkota

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Article in Cell chemical biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luke M SimpsonMedical Research Council (MRC) Protein Phosphorylation & Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.
Thomas J MacartneyMedical Research Council (MRC) Protein Phosphorylation & Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.
Alice NardinMedical Research Council (MRC) Protein Phosphorylation & Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.
Luke J FulcherMedical Research Council (MRC) Protein Phosphorylation & Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK; Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK.
Sascha RöthMedical Research Council (MRC) Protein Phosphorylation & Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.
Andrea TestaDivision of Biological Chemistry & Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK; Amphista Therapeutics Ltd, Bo'Ness Road, Newhouse ML1 5UH, UK.
Chiara ManiaciDivision of Biological Chemistry & Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK; School of Natural & Environmental Sciences, Chemistry Bedson Building, Kings Road, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.
Alessio CiulliDivision of Biological Chemistry & Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.
Ian G GanleyMedical Research Council (MRC) Protein Phosphorylation & Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.
Gopal P SapkotaMedical Research Council (MRC) Protein Phosphorylation & Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK. Electronic address: g.sapkota@dundee.ac.uk.
University of Dundee · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UU_00018/2Medical Research Council MC_UU_00018/6
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The affinity-directed protein missile (AdPROM) system utilizes specific polypeptide binders of intracellular proteins of interest (POIs) conjugated to an E3 ubiquitin ligase moiety to enable targeted proteolysis of the POI. However, a chemically tuneable AdPROM system is more desirable. Here, we use Halo-tag/VHL-recruiting proteolysis-targeting chimera (HaloPROTAC) technology to develop a ligand-inducible AdPROM (L-AdPROM) system. When we express an L-AdPROM construct consisting of an anti-GFP nanobody conjugated to the Halo-tag, we achieve robust degradation of GFP-tagged POIs only upon treatment of cells with the HaloPROTAC. For GFP-tagged POIs, ULK1, FAM83D, and SGK3 were knocked in with a GFP-tag using CRISPR/Cas9. By substituting the anti-GFP nanobody for a monobody that binds H- and K-RAS, we achieve robust degradation of unmodified endogenous RAS proteins only in the presence of the HaloPROTAC. Through substitution of the polypeptide binder, the highly versatile L-AdPROM system is useful for the inducible degradation of potentially any intracellular POI.

Indexed as

ProteolysisAffinity LabelsAutophagy-Related Protein-1 HomologCell Cycle ProteinsCell LineCRISPR-Cas SystemsGene Knock-In TechniquesGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsPeptidesras ProteinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSingle-Chain AntibodiesUbiquitinationAffinity LabelsAutophagy-Related Protein-1 HomologCell Cycle ProteinsFAM83D protein, humanGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsPeptidesras ProteinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSingle-Chain AntibodiesAdPROMFAM83DHaloPROTACmonobodynanobodyPROTACRASSGK3targeted proteolysisULK1

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PMID32668203
PMCPMC7505680
OpenAlexW3025173962

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