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ArticleJournal of chemical information and modeling2025

Construction of PROTAC-Mediated Ternary Complex Structure Distribution Profiles Using Extensive Conformational Search.

Genki Kudo, Takumi Hirao, Ryuhei Harada, Yasuteru Shigeta, Takatsugu Hirokawa, Ryunosuke Yoshino

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Article in Journal of chemical information and modeling, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Genki KudoPhysics Department, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4727-7002
Takumi HiraoDoctoral Program in Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.ORCID 0009-0006-4166-6150
Ryuhei HaradaCenter for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7987-0540
Yasuteru ShigetaCenter for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3219-6007
Takatsugu HirokawaDivision of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3180-5050
Ryunosuke YoshinoDivision of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5123-1349

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Abstract

Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are heterobifunctional small molecules that recruit E3 ubiquitin ligases to a target protein and induce its ubiquitination by forming a ternary complex. However, the structural dynamics underlying the complex formation and degradation efficiency remain unclear. In this study, we attempted an extensive conformational search using the parallel cascade selection molecular dynamics (PaCS-MD) and outlier flooding (OFLOOD) method for PROTACs differing in linker length. Markov state models revealed that while all PROTACs share a common low free-energy state, their structural distribution profiles differ significantly. These results suggest that linker-dependent conformational distribution profiles modulate degradation activity and cooperativity, offering mechanistic insights into rational PROTAC design.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationProteolysisSmall Molecule LibrariesUbiquitin-Protein LigasesMarkov ChainsProtein ConformationUbiquitinationSmall Molecule LibrariesUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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PMID40550492
PMCPMC12264966

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