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ArticleJournal of cheminformatics2026

Proteolysis-targeting Chimera efficacy prediction using a deep-learning-QSP model.

Sungwoo Goo, Jina Kim, Soyoung Lee, Sangkeun Jung, Jung-Woo Chae, Jae-Mun Choi, Hwi-Yeol Yun

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Sungwoo GooDepartment of Bio-AI convergence, Chungnam National University, 99, Daehak-ro, Daejeon, 34134, South Korea.
Jina KimDepartment of Bio-AI convergence, Chungnam National University, 99, Daehak-ro, Daejeon, 34134, South Korea.
Soyoung LeeCollege of Pharmacy and Institute of Drug Research and Development, Chungnam National University, 99, Daehak-ro, Daejeon, 34134, South Korea. sy.lee@cnu.ac.kr.
Sangkeun JungDepartment of Bio-AI convergence, Chungnam National University, 99, Daehak-ro, Daejeon, 34134, South Korea. hugman@cnu.ac.kr.
Jung-Woo ChaeDepartment of Bio-AI convergence, Chungnam National University, 99, Daehak-ro, Daejeon, 34134, South Korea. jwchae@cnu.ac.kr.
Jae-Mun ChoiDepartment of Bio-AI convergence, Chungnam National University, 99, Daehak-ro, Daejeon, 34134, South Korea. jm.choi@calici.co.
Hwi-Yeol YunDepartment of Bio-AI convergence, Chungnam National University, 99, Daehak-ro, Daejeon, 34134, South Korea. hyyun@cnu.ac.kr.

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Abstract

This study presents an integrated computational modeling framework combining deep learning and Quantitative Systems Pharmacology (QSP) to predict the efficacy of PROTAC (PROteolysis Targeting Chimera) molecules. PROTACs have emerged as promising therapeutics for targeted protein degradation (TPD), offering significant advantages in addressing proteins that traditional small-molecule inhibitors cannot target. However, experimental evaluation of PROTAC efficacy is hindered by extensive variability in molecular configurations, necessitating efficient computational prediction methods. The proposed model integrates binding affinity predictions from DeepCalici, a convolutional neural network-based deep learning model, with a mechanistic QSP Hook model to estimate key pharmacodynamic parameters, notably half-maximal degradation concentration(

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Deep learningPROteolysis TArgeting ChimeraQuantitative systems pharmacology

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