Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Covalent PROTAC design method based on a sulfonyl pyridone probe

Qinhong Luo, Yaqi Wang,   Zhanfeng Hou,  Huiting Liang,  Licheng Tu,  Yun Xing, Chuan Wan, Jianbo Liu,  Rui Wang, Lizhi Zhu, Wei Han,   Jianlong Wu,  Fei Lu,   Feng Yin   and  Zigang Li 

Chem. Commun., 2024

DOI: 10.1039/D3CC05127G

Covalent proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) offer enhanced selectivity, prolonged action, and increased efficacy against challenging target proteins. The conventional approach relies on covalent ligands, but our study presents an innovative method employing an N-sulfonyl pyridone warhead to selectively target tyrosine (Tyr) residues. The von Hippel–Lindau (VHL) moiety is transferred from the warhead to the exposed Tyr, allowing us to design a STING degrader (DC50 0.53 μM, Dmax 56.65%). This approach showcases the potential of nucleophilic amino acid labeling probes, particularly for proteins lacking easily accessible cysteine residues, opening new possibilities for covalent PROTAC design and targeted protein degradation therapies.



Mutant-selective AKT inhibition through lysine targeting and neo-zinc chelation

Gregory B. Craven, Hang Chu, Jessica D. Sun, Jordan D. Carelli, Brittany Coyne, Hao Chen, Ying Chen, Xiaolei Ma, Subhamoy Das, Wayne Kong, A...