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Scientists generate new targeted protein degradation system that tunes a cell’s own proteins

Broad Institute

Continuous evolution of compact protein degradation tags regulated by selective cereblon molecular glues. Paper cited Mercer JAM, et al. March 14, 2024. Funding This work was supported in part by the National institutes of Health and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

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Pervasive aggregation and depletion of host and viral proteins in response to cysteine-reactive electrophilic compounds

Covalent Modifiers

Ashley R Julio, Flowreen Shikwana, Cindy Truong, Nikolas R Burton, Emil Dominguez, Alexandra Turmon, Jian Cao, Keriann Backus bioRxiv 2023.10.30.564067; doi: [link] Protein homeostasis is tightly regulated, with damaged or misfolded proteins quickly eliminated by the proteasome and autophagosome pathways.

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Targeted protein degradation and next-generation degraders | BMG LABTECH

BMG Labtech

However, knowledge of how proteins are broken down and how degradation contributes to cellular regulation is more recent. The half-lives of proteins in cells are known to span from minutes to several days and differences in the rates of protein degradation contribute significantly to cell regulation.

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How to Get Drugs Into the Brain

Drug Hunter

The BBB is composed of specialized brain endothelial cells that regulate the distribution of molecules into and out of the brain from the blood. Unlike the endothelial BBB, the blood-cerebrospinal fluid-barrier (BCSFB) is made up of epithelial cells that similarly regulate the distribution of molecules between the blood and CSF.

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Brain organoids: a fascinating and powerful tool for drug discovery

Drug Target Review

Interneuron migration is regulated by L-type calcium channels (LTCCs), encoded by the CACNA1C gene. Her research interest is in the neuroscience and oncology areas using both traditional and targeted protein degradation approaches.

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Sosei Heptares to Explore Structure-based Drug Discovery (SBDD) Approaches to Ion Channels through Strategic Technology Collaboration with Metrion Biosciences

The Pharma Data

Ion channels are a class of integral membrane proteins that regulate the flow of ions across the cell membrane as a means of conducting signals between cells and their environment. . TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, England , Feb.

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A New Wave of Therapeutic Innovation Through Targeting Transcription Factors

LifeSciVC

Substantial biological validation: As transcription factors play central roles in the up-/down-regulation of distinct signaling cascades, we have the ability to look to other pathway regulators, whether that be upstream or downstream, to understand the degree to which a given pathways modulation has on disease.