1429934-37-1Relevant articles and documents
A "click Chemistry Platform" for the Rapid Synthesis of Bispecific Molecules for Inducing Protein Degradation
Wurz, Ryan P.,Dellamaggiore, Ken,Dou, Hannah,Javier, Noelle,Lo, Mei-Chu,McCarter, John D.,Mohl, Dane,Sastri, Christine,Lipford, J. Russell,Cee, Victor J.
, p. 453 - 461 (2018)
Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are bispecific molecules containing a target protein binder and an ubiquitin ligase binder connected by a linker. By recruiting an ubiquitin ligase to a target protein, PROTACs promote ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of the target protein. The generation of effective PROTACs depends on the nature of the protein/ligase ligand pair, linkage site, linker length, and linker composition, all of which have been difficult to address in a systematic way. Herein, we describe a "click chemistry" approach for the synthesis of PROTACs. We demonstrate the utility of this approach with the bromodomain and extraterminal domain-4 (BRD4) ligand JQ-1 (3) and ligase binders targeting cereblon (CRBN) and Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) proteins. An AlphaScreen proximity assay was used to determine the ability of PROTACs to form the ternary ligase-PROTAC-target protein complex and a MSD assay to measure cellular degradation of the target protein promoted by PROTACs.
Irreversible Cysteine-Selective Protein Labeling Employing Modular Electrophilic Tetrafluoroethylation Reagents
Václavík, Ji?í,Zschoche, Reinhard,Klimánková, Iveta,Matou?ek, Václav,Beier, Petr,Hilvert, Donald,Togni, Antonio
, p. 6490 - 6494 (2017/05/15)
Fluoroalkylation reagents based on hypervalent iodine are widely used to transfer fluoroalkyl moieties to various nucleophiles. However, the transferred groups have so far been limited to simple structural motifs. We herein report a reagent featuring a secondary amine that can be converted to amide, sulfonamide, and tertiary amine derivatives in one step. The resulting reagents bear manifold functional groups, many of which would not be compatible with the original synthetic pathway. Exploiting this structural versatility and the known high reactivity toward thiols, the new-generation reagents were used in bioconjugation with an artificial retro-aldolase, containing an exposed cysteine and a reactive catalytic lysine. Whereas commercial reagents based on maleimide and iodoacetamide labeled both sites, the iodanes exclusively modified the cysteine residue. The study thus demonstrates that modular fluoroalkylation reagents can be used as tools for cysteine-selective bioconjugation.
