Assessing Different E3 Ligases for Small Molecule Induced Protein Ubiquitination and Degradation
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Proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) technology, the recruitment of E3 ubiquitin ligases to induce the degradation of a protein target, is rapidly impacting chemical biology, as well as modern drug development. Here, we explore the universality of this approach by evaluating different E3 ubiquitin ligases, engineered in their substrate binding domains to accept a recruiting ligand. Five out of six E3 ligases were found to be amenable to recruitment for target degradation. Taking advantage of the tight spatiotemporal control of inducing ubiquitination on a preselected target in living cells, we focused on two of the engineered E3 ligases, βTRCP and parkin, to unravel their ubiquitination characteristics in comparison with the PROTAC-recruited endogenous E3 ligases VHL and cereblon.
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Five out of six E3 ligases representing diverse enzymatic and structural classes were amenable to recruitment for target degradation when fused to an artificial ligand-binding domain.
“Extending the repertoire of E3 ligases exploited by PROTACs is an engaging prospect and is supported by the observation that five out of six E3 ligases representing diverse enzymatic and structural classes were amenable to recruitment for target degradation when fused to an artificial ligand-binding domain 63 .”
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- Authors
- Ottis, P., Toure, M., Cromm, P. M., Ko, E., Gustafson, J. L., & Crews, C. M.
- Affiliations
- Yale University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Crews, Craig M.
- Venue
- ACS Chemical Biology
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2017-09-05
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 2570-2578
- ISSN
- 1554-8929 (ISSN-L)
- 1554-8937
- OpenAlex
- W2740493003
- Cited by
- 176
- References
- 40
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 6.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- ACS Chemical Biology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Cancer Institute (R35CA197589)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
- Keywords
- PROTACs, E3 ubiquitin ligase, protein degradation, ubiquitination, substrate-binding domain, β-TrCP, Parkin, VHL, cereblon, small-molecule ligands, targeted protein degradation
- MeSH terms
- Cell Line, Cloning, Molecular, Humans, Models, Molecular, Protein Conformation, Molecular Structure, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Ubiquitination, Proteolysis
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