2021
Targeted degradation of transcription factors by TRAFTACs: TRAnscription Factor TArgeting Chimeras
Samarasinghe KTG, Jaime-Figueroa S, Burgess M, Nalawansha DA, Dai K, Hu Z, Bebenek A, Holley SA, Crews CM. Targeted degradation of transcription factors by TRAFTACs: TRAnscription Factor TArgeting Chimeras. Cell Chemical Biology 2021, 28: 648-661.e5. PMID: 33836141, PMCID: PMC8524358, DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2021.03.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBinding SitesCells, CulturedDNA-Binding ProteinsHEK293 CellsHumansOligonucleotidesTranscription FactorsZebrafishConceptsTranscription factorsTargeted degradationTranscription factor degradationDNA-binding proteinsMultiple signaling pathwaysGeneralizable strategyDCas9 proteinProtein familyLigandable sitesProteasomal pathwaySignaling pathwaysOverexpression of oncoproteinsAberrant activationChimeric oligonucleotideProteinChimerasFactor degradationNF-κBPathwayHaloTagDegradationBrachyuryOverexpressionOncoproteinOligonucleotide
2001
Protacs: Chimeric molecules that target proteins to the Skp1–Cullin–F box complex for ubiquitination and degradation
Sakamoto K, Kim K, Kumagai A, Mercurio F, Crews C, Deshaies R. Protacs: Chimeric molecules that target proteins to the Skp1–Cullin–F box complex for ubiquitination and degradation. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2001, 98: 8554-8559. PMID: 11438690, PMCID: PMC37474, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.141230798.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkp1-CullinF-box complexAttachment of ubiquitinUbiquitin-dependent proteolysisMetAP-2Disease-causing proteinsMethionine aminopeptidase 2SCF complexBeta-TRCPConditional inactivationBox complexChimeric moleculesProteinUbiquitinationIntracellular levelsUbiquitinChimeric compoundsAngiogenesis inhibitorsHRT1ComplexesPhosphopeptidesDomainProteolysisEnzymeDegradation