PROTAC technology: From drug development to probe technology for target deconvolution

S Yan, G Zhang, W Luo, M Xu, R Peng, Z Du… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Drug development remains a critical focus within the global pharmaceutical industry. To
date, more than 80% of disease targets are considered difficult to target. The emergence of …

Targeted protein degradation: from mechanisms to clinic

JM Tsai, RP Nowak, BL Ebert, ES Fischer - Nature Reviews Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation refers to the use of small molecules to induce the selective
degradation of proteins. In its most common form, this degradation is achieved through …

Therapeutic developments for tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease

V Dartois, T Dick - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
Tuberculosis (TB) drug discovery and development has undergone nothing short of a
revolution over the past 20 years. Successful public–private partnerships and sustained …

Homo-BacPROTAC-induced degradation of ClpC1 as a strategy against drug-resistant mycobacteria

L Junk, VM Schmiedel, S Guha, K Fischel… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Antimicrobial resistance is a global health threat that requires the development of new
treatment concepts. These should not only overcome existing resistance but be designed to …

Crystal structure of the N-terminal domain of MtClpC1 in complex with the anti-mycobacterial natural peptide Lassomycin

MK Jagdev, DR Tompa, LL Ling, AJ Peoples… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Antibiotics form our frontline therapy against disease-causing bacteria. Unfortunately,
antibiotic resistance is becoming more common, threatening a future where these …

Discovery and Mechanistic Study of Novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis ClpP1P2 Inhibitors

Y Yang, N Zhao, X Xu, Y Zhou, B Luo… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Caseinolytic protease P (ClpP) responsible for the proteolysis of damaged or misfolded
proteins plays a critical role in proteome homeostasis. MtbClpP1P2, a ClpP enzyme …

Microbial-derived peptides with anti-mycobacterial potential

P Zhao, P Hou, Z Zhang, X Li, C Quan, Y Xue… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB), an airborne infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
has become the leading cause of death. The subsequent emergence of multidrug-resistant …

Targeted protein degradation in mycobacteria uncovers antibacterial effects and potentiates antibiotic efficacy

HI Won, S Zinga, O Kandror, T Akopian, ID Wolf… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) represent a new therapeutic modality involving
selectively directing disease-causing proteins for degradation through proteolytic systems …

Breaking Bad Proteins—Discovery Approaches and the Road to Clinic for Degraders

C Bouvier, R Lawrence, F Cavallo, W Xolalpa… - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) describe compounds that bind to and induce
degradation of a target by simultaneously binding to a ubiquitin ligase. More generally …

Next steps for targeted protein degradation

MW Krone, CM Crews - Cell Chemical Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) has greatly advanced as a therapeutic strategy in the
past two decades, and we are on the cusp of rationally designed protein degraders reaching …