CeMM-Pfizer Collaboration on Frangment based Compound Screening

Nara. C. Marella

Project Collaborators

Ligandable Proteome

  • Traditional drugs bind to hydrophobic pockets of Proteins
  • Only ~20% of the Proteome is druggable with traditional approach
  • Targeted Protein Degradation (TPD) overcomes inhibitor-centric approaches
  • Molecular Glues - Chemically Induced Dimerization (CID) or Proximity-Inducing Pharmacology
  • Targeted Protein Degradation (TPD)- Selected Protein made to bind with E3 ubiquitin ligase

Traditional Drugs vs TPD

Duran-Frigola et. al. 2023

Traditional Drugs vs TPD

Duran-Frigola et. al. 2023

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