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| Title | Continuous evolution of compact protein degradation tags regulated by selective molecular glues. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Science, Vol. 383, Issue 6688, Page eadk4422, Year 2024 |
| Publish date | Mar 15, 2024 |
Authors | Jaron A M Mercer / Stephan J DeCarlo / Shourya S Roy Burman / Vedagopuram Sreekanth / Andrew T Nelson / Moritz Hunkeler / Peter J Chen / Katherine A Donovan / Praveen Kokkonda / Praveen K Tiwari / Veronika M Shoba / Arghya Deb / Amit Choudhary / Eric S Fischer / David R Liu / ![]() |
| PubMed Abstract | Conditional protein degradation tags (degrons) are usually >100 amino acids long or are triggered by small molecules with substantial off-target effects, thwarting their use as specific modulators of ...Conditional protein degradation tags (degrons) are usually >100 amino acids long or are triggered by small molecules with substantial off-target effects, thwarting their use as specific modulators of endogenous protein levels. We developed a phage-assisted continuous evolution platform for molecular glue complexes (MG-PACE) and evolved a 36-amino acid zinc finger (ZF) degron (SD40) that binds the ubiquitin ligase substrate receptor cereblon in complex with PT-179, an orthogonal thalidomide derivative. Endogenous proteins tagged in-frame with SD40 using prime editing are degraded by otherwise inert PT-179. Cryo-electron microscopy structures of SD40 in complex with ligand-bound cereblon revealed mechanistic insights into the molecular basis of SD40's activity and specificity. Our efforts establish a system for continuous evolution of molecular glue complexes and provide ZF tags that overcome shortcomings associated with existing degrons. |
External links | Science / PubMed:38484051 / PubMed Central |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 2.41 - 3.37 Å |
| Structure data | EMDB-41423, PDB-8tnp: EMDB-41424, PDB-8tnq: EMDB-41425, PDB-8tnr: ![]() EMDB-41777: Map from local refinement (focused on CRBN) of DDB1dB:CRBN:Pomalidomide:SD40 ![]() EMDB-41778: Map from local refinement (focused on CRBN) of DDB1dB:CRBN:PT-179:SD40, conformation 1 ![]() EMDB-41779: Map from local refinement (focused on CRBN) of DDB1dB:CRBN:PT-179:SD40, conformation 2 |
| Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-ZN: ![]() ChemComp-Y70: ![]()
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Keywords | TRANSFERASE / ubiquitin / CRBN / directed evolution / Zinc finger / IMiD / Molecular Glue |
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