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ArticleNature chemical biology2024

Template-assisted covalent modification underlies activity of covalent molecular glues.

Yen-Der Li, Michelle W Ma, Muhammad Murtaza Hassan, Moritz Hunkeler, Mingxing Teng, Kedar Puvar, Justine C Rutter, Ryan J Lumpkin, Brittany Sandoval, Cyrus Y Jin and 25 more

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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57 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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Authors and funding

35 authors.

Yen-Der Li *Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Michelle W Ma *Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Muhammad Murtaza Hassan *Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Chem-H and Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Moritz HunkelerDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0246-1188
Mingxing TengCenter for Drug Discovery, Department of Pathology & Immunology, and Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6574-1764
Kedar PuvarDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Justine C RutterDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0851-0887
Ryan J LumpkinDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Brittany SandovalDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Cyrus Y JinDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Anna M SchmokerDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2830-5650
Scott B FicarroDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Hakyung CheongDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Rebecca J MetivierDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9929-6857
Michelle Y WangDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Shawn XuDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Woong Sub ByunDepartment of Chemical and Systems Biology, Chem-H and Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4676-3698
Brian J GroendykeDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Inchul YouDepartment of Chemical and Systems Biology, Chem-H and Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Logan H SiguaDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Isidoro TavaresDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Charles ZouDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Jonathan M TsaiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Paul M C ParkDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9380-8548
Hojong YoonDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Felix C MajewskiDepartment of Chemical and Systems Biology, Chem-H and Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5330-5922
Haniya T SperlingDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-6624-1597
Jarrod A MartoDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2086-1134
Jun QiDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1461-3356
Radosław P NowakDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0605-0071
Katherine A DonovanDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8539-5106
Mikołaj SłabickiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6317-9296
Nathanael S GrayDepartment of Chemical and Systems Biology, Chem-H and Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. nsgray01@stanford.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5354-7403
Eric S FischerDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA. eric_fischer@dfci.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7337-6306
Benjamin L EbertDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA. benjamin_ebert@dfci.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-0197-5451

Funding

TYROSINE KINASE ONCOGENESIS IN MYELOID LEUKEMIAP01CA066996 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI SCOTT A ARMSTRONG · 1996 to 2026
$52.5M
Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM144273 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI David Shumway Jones, Jacqueline A. Lees · 2022 to 2026
$14.7M
Illuminating Function of the Understudied Druggable KinomeU24DK116204 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI JOHNSON, GARY L. · 2017 to 2022
$13.6M
Targeting SYK Kinase in AMLP50CA206963 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI GRAUBERT, TIMOTHY A · 2017 to 2021
$10.6M
Functional Genomic Dissection of Refractory AnemiaR01HL082945 · NHLBI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI EBERT, BENJAMIN LEVINE · 2005 to 2022
$6.8M
The role of clonal hematopoiesis in the development and therapy of myeloid malignanciesR35CA253125 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI EBERT, BENJAMIN LEVINE · 2020 to 2024
$4.9M
(PQ5) Contribution of mitochondrial pathways to metabolic heterogeneity in molecular subtypes of Diffuse Large B Cell LymphomaR01CA219850 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI DANIAL, NIKA N, MARTO, JARROD A. · 2018 to 2022
$2.8M
Cancer Chemical Biology and Metabolism Training ProgramT32CA236754 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI Nika N Danial, THOMAS M ROBERTS · 2019 to 2026
$2.6M
Novel Screening Platform for Discovery of DUB Targeting ProbesR01CA233800 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI BUHRLAGE, SARA J, MARTO, JARROD A. · 2019 to 2022
$2.5M
(PQ5) Microenvironmental Regulation of Mitochondrial Heterogeneity in Cancer MetastasisR01CA220012 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI SHEN, KEYUE · 2019 to 2023
$2.2M
Development of a generalizable chemo-proteomics screening platform for small molecule degraders applied to HDACsR01CA262188 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI FISCHER, ERIC SEBASTIAN · 2022 to 2025
$1.8M
500 MHz NMR Spectrometer System with High Sensitivity Cryoprobe and Automated Sample Changer for Biochemical ResearchS10OD028697 · OD · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BURNS, NOAH ZACHARY · 2020 to 2020
$709k
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas) RR220012NCI NIH HHS K00 CA253754NCI NIH HHS K99 CA287069NCI NIH HHS P01 CA066996NCI NIH HHS P50 CA206963NCI NIH HHS R01 CA219850NCI NIH HHS R01 CA233800NCI NIH HHS R01 CA262188NCI NIH HHS R21 CA247671NCI NIH HHS R35 CA253125NCI NIH HHS T32 CA236754NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL082945NIDDK NIH HHS U24 DK116204NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM144273NIH HHS S10 OD028697U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) 1S10OD028697-01U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) K00CA253754U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) K99CA287069U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) P01CA066996U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) P50CA206963U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01CA219850U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01CA233800U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01CA262188U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01HL082945U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R21CA247671U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R35CA253125U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) U24DK116204
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular glues are proximity-inducing small molecules that have emerged as an attractive therapeutic approach. However, developing molecular glues remains challenging, requiring innovative mechanistic strategies to stabilize neoprotein interfaces and expedite discovery. Here we unveil a trans-labeling covalent molecular glue mechanism, termed 'template-assisted covalent modification'. We identified a new series of BRD4 molecular glue degraders that recruit CUL4

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Cell Cycle ProteinsTranscription FactorsBromodomain Containing ProteinsHEK293 CellsHumansModels, MolecularProtein BindingProteolysisBRD4 protein, humanBromodomain Containing ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsTranscription Factors

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PMID39075252
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