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ArticleACS medicinal chemistry letters2026

Discovery and Structural Optimization of BRD4-Selective Monovalent Direct Degraders.

Geoffray Leriche, Farhana Barmare, Julia I Toth, Aleksandar Jamborcic, Taylor L Kampert, Kenneth Steadman, Linette Yang, Sarah Fish, Elizabeth Daniele, Meg McCarrick and 6 more

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Article in ACS medicinal chemistry letters, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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16 authors.

Geoffray LerichePlexium, 9330 Scranton Road, San Diego, California 92121, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2293-9273
Farhana BarmarePlexium, 9330 Scranton Road, San Diego, California 92121, United States.
Julia I TothPlexium, 9330 Scranton Road, San Diego, California 92121, United States.
Aleksandar JamborcicPlexium, 9330 Scranton Road, San Diego, California 92121, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4731-2632
Taylor L KampertPlexium, 9330 Scranton Road, San Diego, California 92121, United States.
Kenneth SteadmanPlexium, 9330 Scranton Road, San Diego, California 92121, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9611-4898
Linette YangPlexium, 9330 Scranton Road, San Diego, California 92121, United States.
Sarah FishPlexium, 9330 Scranton Road, San Diego, California 92121, United States.
Elizabeth DanielePlexium, 9330 Scranton Road, San Diego, California 92121, United States.
Meg McCarrickPlexium, 9330 Scranton Road, San Diego, California 92121, United States.
E Adam KallelPlexium, 9330 Scranton Road, San Diego, California 92121, United States.
Xiaoming LiPlexium, 9330 Scranton Road, San Diego, California 92121, United States.
Peggy A ThompsonPlexium, 9330 Scranton Road, San Diego, California 92121, United States.
Gregory S ParkerPlexium, 9330 Scranton Road, San Diego, California 92121, United States.
Kevin Freeman-CookPlexium, 9330 Scranton Road, San Diego, California 92121, United States.
Simon BaileyPlexium, 9330 Scranton Road, San Diego, California 92121, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeted protein degradation (TPD) via the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is a rapidly advancing drug discovery strategy that enables the selective elimination of pathogenic proteins using small molecules. Here, we report the discovery of BRD4-selective monovalent direct degraders acting through DCAF11, identified by ultrahigh-throughput screening and subsequently optimized through a structure-guided medicinal chemistry campaign. Structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies support a direct degrader mechanism and culminated in the identification of the orally bioavailable compound

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BRD4DCAF11medicinal chemistry optimizationmonovalent direct degradertargeted protein degradation

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PMID42157816
PMCPMC13181475

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