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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2026

Identification of KLHL12 Ligands Using Fragment-Based Methods.

Alex G Waterson, Anish Vadukoot, Somnath Jana, Jianwen Cui, Kelvin Luong, Tyson A Rietz, Ezequiel Alejandro Madrigal-Carrillo, Brian D Lehmann, John L Sensintaffar, Bin Zhao and 17 more

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Alex G WatersonDepartment of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0153-5723
Anish VadukootDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
Somnath JanaMolecular Design and Synthesis Center, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
Jianwen CuiDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
Kelvin LuongDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
Tyson A RietzDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4670-5279
Ezequiel Alejandro Madrigal-CarrilloDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
Brian D LehmannDepartment of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
John L SensintaffarDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
Bin ZhaoDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
Kangsa AmporndanaiDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8527-9394
Zoe A PetrosDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
William Rush ScaggsDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
Selena Chacon SimonDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
Rakesh H VekariyaDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8292-9793
Kwangho KimDepartment of Chemistry, Vanderbilt College of Arts and Sciences, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
Manikandan ThangarajDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
Plamen P ChristovMolecular Design and Synthesis Center, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
Taylor M SouthDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
Jiqing SaiDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
Anusha ThiruvaipatiDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
Charles R SchmidtReaction Biology Corporation, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355, United States.
Rebecca EellsReaction Biology Corporation, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355, United States.
William J MooreNCI Center for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland 21701, United States.
Edward T OlejniczakDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
Jason PhanDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
Stephen W FesikDepartment of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5957-6192

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Abstract

Targeted protein degradation can be induced by recruiting a protein of interest to an E3 ligase, resulting in its ubiquitination and subsequent proteasome-mediated degradation. However, only a small number of E3 ligases have been utilized for degradation. Expansion of the repertoire of useful E3 ligases via the identification of ligands to those ligases could broaden the scope and applicability of the degradation paradigm. We have identified KLHL12 as an E3 ligase with higher expression in cancer over normal tissues. We report here the use of NMR-based screening to identify fragments that bind to KLHL12, and X-ray structures of a fragment hit bound to KLHL12. Using this structural information, we optimized the hits, leading to the first reported small molecules that bind to KLHL12 with submicromolar affinity. Derivatives of these compounds may be useful for the construction of PROTACs to selectively degrade protein targets in tumors while sparing normal cells.

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Small Molecule LibrariesUbiquitin-Protein LigasesCrystallography, X-RayHumansLigandsMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyModels, MolecularProtein BindingProteolysis Targeting ChimeraLigandsProteolysis Targeting ChimeraSmall Molecule LibrariesUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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PMID41906311
PMCPMC13071877

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