Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Direct RAS inhibitors turn 10

 Ostrem, J.M.L., Peters, U. & Shokat, K.M

 Nat Chem Biol (2024). 

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-024-01691-5

RAS proteins, central drivers of cancer, appeared ‘undruggable’ for almost 30 years. Here we provide a personal perspective on the effort leading to our initial report of KRASG12C inhibitors in 2013, and the decade of discoveries that followed.



Direct RAS inhibitors turn 10

Lysine-Targeted Covalent Inhibition of eIF4E with an Anionic Electrophile Warhead

Paramita Pal, Erika M. James, Caitlyn E. Given, Hong Yue, Rebecca J. Metivier, Jianwei Che, Eric S. Fischer, Lyn H. Jones;  ACS Chem. Biol ....