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ArticleJournal of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics2021

A kinetic proofreading model for bispecific protein degraders.

Derek W Bartlett, Adam M Gilbert

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Article in Journal of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. A Kinetic Scout Approach Accelerates Targeted Protein Degrader Development.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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  9. Delivering on the promise of protein degraders.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Derek W BartlettPharmacokinetics, Dynamics, & Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., San Diego, CA, USA. Derek.Bartlett@pfizer.com.
Adam M GilbertDiscovery Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Groton, CT, USA.
Pfizer (United States) · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bispecific protein degraders (BPDs) engage the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) to catalytically degrade intracellular proteins through the formation of ternary complexes with the target protein and E3 ubiquitin ligases. Here, we describe the development of a mechanistic modeling framework for BPDs that includes the reaction network governing ternary complex formation and degradation via the UPS. A critical element of the model framework is a multi-step process that results in a time delay between ternary complex formation and protein degradation, thereby balancing ternary complex stability against UPS degradation rates akin to the kinetic proofreading concept that has been proposed to explain the accuracy and specificity of biological processes including protein translation and T cell receptor signal transduction. Kinetic proofreading likely plays a central role in the cell's ability to regulate substrate recognition and degradation by the UPS, and the model presented here applies this concept in the context of a quantitative pharmacokinetic (PK)-pharmacodynamic (PD) framework to inform the design of potent and selective BPDs.

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Drug DesignComputer SimulationHumansModels, BiologicalProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProtein BindingProteolysisSignal TransductionUbiquitinUbiquitin-Protein LigasesProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexUbiquitinUbiquitin-Protein LigasesKinetic proofreadingMechanistic modelingTargeted protein degradationTranslational pharmacology

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PMID33090299
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