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Monomeric Targeted Protein Degraders
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The discovery and development of targeted protein degraders have become important areas of research in the field of medicinal chemistry. Inducing degradation of a target protein presents several advantages relative to simple inhibition including a potential for extended duration of action and more profound pharmacology. While engineered heterodimeric molecules have recently been a major focus within industry and academia, this Perspective highlights examples of targeted protein degradation observed for smaller, monomeric molecules. Methods and tools for evaluating protein degradation as well as a discussion of physical properties of monomeric vs engineered heterodimeric degraders are presented.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hanan, E. J., Liang, J., Wang, X., Blake, R. A., Blaquiere, N., & Staben, S. T.
- Affiliations
- Genentech (US)
- Genentech, Inc. , , 1 DNA Way , , ,
- Corresponding author
- Staben, Steven T.
- Venue
- Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2020-04-30
- Volume
- 63
- Issue
- 20
- Pages
- 11330-11361
- ISSN
- 0022-2623 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-4804
- OpenAlex
- W3023538604
- Cited by
- 69
- References
- 218
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 8
- FWCI
- 1.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
- Keywords
- targeted protein degradation, duration of action
- MeSH terms
- Binding Sites, Humans, Protein Binding, Proteins, Molecular Structure, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Cell Line, Tumor, Small Molecule Libraries, Drug Discovery, Proteolysis
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