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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2024

Structure-Guided Design and Optimization of Covalent VHL-Targeted Sulfonyl Fluoride PROTACs.

Rishi R Shah, Elena De Vita, Preethi S Sathyamurthi, Daniel Conole, Xinyue Zhang, Elliot Fellows, Eleanor R Dickinson, Carlos M Fleites, Markus A Queisser, John D Harling and 1 more

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2024. 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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16citing papers in PubMed
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Rishi R ShahGSK, Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2NY, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-5018-1730
Elena De VitaDepartment of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-4707-8342
Preethi S SathyamurthiGSK, Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2NY, U.K.
Daniel ConoleDepartment of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-3389-8377
Xinyue ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, U.K.
Elliot FellowsGSK, Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2NY, U.K.
Eleanor R DickinsonGSK, Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2NY, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-1169-512X
Carlos M FleitesGSK, Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2NY, U.K.
Markus A QueisserGSK, Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2NY, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-3368-3827
John D HarlingGSK, Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2NY, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-3602-324X
Edward W TateDepartment of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-2213-5814
Age UK · GBImperial College London · GBQueen Mary University of London · GBThe Francis Crick Institute · GB

Funding

Resource for Biocomputing Visualization and InformaticsP41GM103311 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FERRIN, THOMAS E · 2012 to 2017
$8.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103311
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are heterobifunctional molecules that have emerged as a therapeutic modality to induce targeted protein degradation (TPD) by harnessing cellular proteolytic degradation machinery. PROTACs which ligand the E3 ligase in a covalent manner have attracted intense interest; however, covalent PROTACs with a broad protein of interest (POI) scope have proven challenging to discover by design. Here, we report the structure-guided design and optimization of Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) protein-targeted sulfonyl fluorides which covalently bind Ser110 in the HIF1α binding site. We demonstrate that their incorporation in bifunctional degraders induces targeted protein degradation of BRD4 or the androgen receptor without further linker optimization. Our study discloses the first covalent VHL ligands which can be implemented directly in bifunctional degrader design, expanding the substrate scope of covalent E3 ligase PROTACs.

Indexed as

Nuclear ProteinsSulfinic AcidsTranscription FactorsLigandsProteolysisUbiquitin-Protein LigasesLigandsNuclear ProteinsSulfinic Acidssulfuryl fluorideTranscription FactorsUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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PMID38478885
PMCPMC10982999
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