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ArticleACS medicinal chemistry letters2026

Bellerophon: An Automated Tool for PROTAC Decomposition.

Giulia Apprato, Matteo Bertola, Amelia Locatelli, Giulia Caron, Andrea Mauri, Giuseppe Ermondi

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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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Giulia AppratoDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Torino 10126, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6906-2849
Matteo BertolaAlvascience Srl, Lecco 23900, Italy.
Amelia LocatelliDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Torino 10126, Italy.
Giulia CaronDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Torino 10126, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2417-5900
Andrea MauriAlvascience Srl, Lecco 23900, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1966-4347
Giuseppe ErmondiDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Torino 10126, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3710-3102

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Abstract

Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) represent a promising modality for targeted protein degradation, yet their structural complexity complicates systematic design and analysis. Bellerophon is a new computational tool that automatically decomposes PROTACs into their warhead, linker, and E3 ligase ligand directly from molecular structure. By enabling automated and standardized decomposition of degraders, the tool facilitates drug design at different levels: Bellerophon demonstrated versatility for moiety replacement (ARV-110), large-scale annotation (PROTAC-DB) and linker analysis (IRAK4 data set). The tool is freely available through a user-friendly web interface, with open-source code to encourage transparency and collaborative development in chemical biology and medicinal chemistry.

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decomposition tooldrug discoveryPROTACTPD

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PMID42157828
PMCPMC13181455

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