[HTML][HTML] The current understanding of KRAS protein structure and dynamics

T Pantsar - Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2020 - Elsevier
One of the most common drivers in human cancer is the mutant KRAS protein. Not so long
ago KRAS was considered as an undruggable oncoprotein. After a long struggle, however …

Pharmacological targeting of RAS: recent success with direct inhibitors

JP O'Bryan - Pharmacological research, 2019 - Elsevier
RAS has long been viewed as undruggable due to its lack of deep pockets for binding of
small molecule inhibitors. However, recent successes in the development of direct RAS …

A potent KRAS macromolecule degrader specifically targeting tumours with mutant KRAS

N Bery, A Miller, T Rabbitts - Nature Communications, 2020 - nature.com
Tumour-associated KRAS mutations are the most prevalent in the three RAS-family isoforms
and involve many different amino-acids. Therefore, molecules able to interfere with mutant …

Structure-based development of new RAS-effector inhibitors from a combination of active and inactive RAS-binding compounds

A Cruz-Migoni, P Canning… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The RAS gene family is frequently mutated in human cancers, and the quest for compounds
that bind to mutant RAS remains a major goal, as it also does for inhibitors of protein–protein …

Small molecule inhibitors of RAS-effector protein interactions derived using an intracellular antibody fragment

CE Quevedo, A Cruz-Migoni, N Bery, A Miller… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Targeting specific protein–protein interactions (PPIs) is an attractive concept for drug
development, but hard to implement since intracellular antibodies do not penetrate cells and …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic targeting of RAS: New hope for drugging the “undruggable”

I Khan, JM Rhett, JP O'Bryan - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Cell …, 2020 - Elsevier
RAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene in cancer and a critical driver of oncogenesis.
Therapeutic targeting of RAS has been a goal of cancer research for more than 30 years …

KRAS-specific inhibition using a DARPin binding to a site in the allosteric lobe

N Bery, S Legg, J Debreczeni, J Breed… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Inhibiting the RAS oncogenic protein has largely been through targeting the switch regions
that interact with signalling effector proteins. Here, we report designed ankyrin repeat …

The Ras switch in structural and historical perspective

R Gasper, F Wittinghofer - Biological chemistry, 2019 - degruyter.com
Since its discovery as an oncogene more than 40 years ago, Ras has been and still is in the
focus of many academic and pharmaceutical labs around the world. A huge amount of work …

Eliminating oncogenic RAS: back to the future at the drawing board

CL Steffen, P Kaya… - Biochemical Society …, 2023 - portlandpress.com
RAS drug development has made enormous strides in the past ten years, with the first direct
KRAS inhibitor being approved in 2021. However, despite the clinical success of covalent …

Fluorescent biosensor for measuring ras activity in living cells

R Weeks, X Zhou, TL Yuan, J Zhang - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The small GTPase Ras is a critical regulator of cell growth and proliferation. Its activity is
frequently dysregulated in cancers, prompting decades of work to pharmacologically target …