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Protacs: Chimeric molecules that target proteins to the Skp1–Cullin–F box complex for ubiquitination and degradation
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The intracellular levels of many proteins are regulated by ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis. One of the best-characterized enzymes that catalyzes the attachment of ubiquitin to proteins is a ubiquitin ligase complex, Skp1-Cullin-F box complex containing Hrt1 (SCF). We sought to artificially target a protein to the SCF complex for ubiquitination and degradation. To this end, we tested methionine aminopeptidase-2 (MetAP-2), which covalently binds the angiogenesis inhibitor ovalicin. A chimeric compound, protein-targeting chimeric molecule 1 (Protac-1), was synthesized to recruit MetAP-2 to SCF. One domain of Protac-1 contains the IκBα phosphopeptide that is recognized by the F-box protein β-TRCP, whereas the other domain is composed of ovalicin. We show that MetAP-2 can be tethered to SCF β -TRCP , ubiquitinated, and degraded in a Protac-1-dependent manner. In the future, this approach may be useful for conditional inactivation of proteins, and for targeting disease-causing proteins for destruction.
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“Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are bifunctional molecules designed to simultaneously engage a protein of interest and the cell’s ubiquitination machinery, facilitating the ubiquitination of the target protein [73,74].”
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“Bivalent degraders, such as proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROtAcs) operate through the principle of induced proximity (Sakamoto et al. 2001;Deshaies 2015).”
From From serendipity to strategy: molecular glue degraders in cancer therapeutics (2025) · cites this paper as Sakamoto et al. 2001
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“the concept of targeted protein degradation was first introduced by crews, Deshaies and colleagues in 2001 (Sakamoto et al. 2001).”
From From serendipity to strategy: molecular glue degraders in cancer therapeutics (2025) · cites this paper as Sakamoto et al. 2001
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“Within this complex, the target protein is tagged with ubiquitin, facilitating its recognition and subsequent degradation by the proteasome.480,481”
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“As a heterobifunctional molecule, PROTAC simultaneously targets the protein of interest and the E3 ubiquitin ligase, forming a ternary complex.”
From Recent advances in targeting the “undruggable” proteins: from drug discovery to clinical trials (2023) · cites this paper as [481]
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“At the core of PROTAC’s mechanism of action lies the degradation of target proteins via the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS).”
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“TPD uses small molecules (degraders) to hijack the cellular degradation machinery by recruiting E3 ubiquitin ligases to proteins of interest (POI), which would not otherwise be recognized as substrates (Sakamoto et al., 2001)”
From Mapping the Degradable Kinome Provides a Resource for Expedited Degrader Development (2020) · cites this paper as Sakamoto et al., 2001
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“If these two groups are connected via a carefully-chosen chemical linker, the resulting compound can induce formation of a ternary complex that includes the target protein, the PROTAC, and the E3 ligase. The resulting proximity between target protein and E3 ligase can then lead to ubiquitination of the target protein, and ultimately its degradation 1.”
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“Protac-1 acted as a tether between METAP2 and β-TRCP, enabling the ligase to ubiquitylate METAP2 in extracts from unfertilized Xenopus laevis eggs.”
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“In vitro proof of concept for the first fully synthetic PROTAC, dubbed Protac-1, was reported in 2001 (ref.9).”
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“a concept originally proposed in the landmark PROTAC paper by Sakamoto et al.9 20 years ago.”
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“The first PROTAC described consisted of an ovalicin headgroup that bound methionine-aminopeptidase 2 (MetAP-2) linked to an IκBα derived peptide headgroup that bound the Skp1–cullin–F-Box (SCF) complex [62].”
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“This molecule efficiently degraded MetAP-2 in Xenopus oocyte extracts, however it was not cell permeable [62].”
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“BTRC was efficiently recruited by PROTACs composed of a BTRC-interacting peptide and small-molecule ligands for METAP2, the oestrogen or androgen receptors, leading to degradation of their respective targets 2,113 .”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sakamoto, K. M., Kim, K. B., Kumagai, A., Mercurio, F., Crews, C. M., & Deshaies, R. J.
- Affiliations
- California Institute of Technology (US)
- Corresponding author
- Deshaies, Raymond J.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2001-07-03
- Volume
- 98
- Issue
- 15
- Pages
- 8554-8559
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC37474
- OpenAlex
- W2151683271
- Cited by
- 2,609
- References
- 25
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- FWCI
- 2.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
- 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
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
- Keywords
- PROTACs, chimeric molecules, SCF ubiquitin ligase, β-TrCP, ubiquitination, protein degradation, targeted protein degradation
- MeSH terms
- NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha, Aminopeptidases, Animals, Cell Extracts, Cell Line, Transformed, DNA-Binding Proteins, Humans, Metalloendopeptidases, Ovum, Peptide Synthases, Protein Binding, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Ubiquitins, Xenopus laevis, I-kappa B Proteins, SKP Cullin F-Box Protein Ligases
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