Featured Publications
Induced protein degradation: an emerging drug discovery paradigm
Lai AC, Crews CM. Induced protein degradation: an emerging drug discovery paradigm. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 2016, 16: 101-114. PMID: 27885283, PMCID: PMC5684876, DOI: 10.1038/nrd.2016.211.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProteolysis-targeting chimaerasProtein degradationUndruggable proteomeTarget protein degradationDifferent E3 ligasesInhibitor-based approachE3 ligasesDrug discovery platformProtein targetsProteomeDiscovery platformProtein expressionDrug discovery paradigmInhibition approachCell culturesDiscovery paradigmLigasesExact mechanismDegradationMouse modelDegradersProteinChimaerasPicomolar potencyCatalytic in vivo protein knockdown by small-molecule PROTACs
Bondeson DP, Mares A, Smith IE, Ko E, Campos S, Miah AH, Mulholland KE, Routly N, Buckley DL, Gustafson JL, Zinn N, Grandi P, Shimamura S, Bergamini G, Faelth-Savitski M, Bantscheff M, Cox C, Gordon DA, Willard RR, Flanagan JJ, Casillas LN, Votta BJ, den Besten W, Famm K, Kruidenier L, Carter PS, Harling JD, Churcher I, Crews CM. Catalytic in vivo protein knockdown by small-molecule PROTACs. Nature Chemical Biology 2015, 11: 611-617. PMID: 26075522, PMCID: PMC4629852, DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1858.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBinding SitesBiocatalysisBreast NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMCF-7 CellsMiceModels, MolecularMolecular Targeted TherapyNeoplasm ProteinsNeoplasm TransplantationProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProtein BindingProteolysisReceptor-Interacting Protein Serine-Threonine Kinase 2Receptors, EstrogenSmall Molecule LibrariesUbiquitinUbiquitinationVon Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein
2015
HaloPROTACS: Use of Small Molecule PROTACs to Induce Degradation of HaloTag Fusion Proteins
Buckley DL, Raina K, Darricarrere N, Hines J, Gustafson JL, Smith IE, Miah AH, Harling JD, Crews CM. HaloPROTACS: Use of Small Molecule PROTACs to Induce Degradation of HaloTag Fusion Proteins. ACS Chemical Biology 2015, 10: 1831-1837. PMID: 26070106, PMCID: PMC4629848, DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.5b00442.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsHEK293 CellsHumansLigandsProtein BindingProteolysisRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSmall Molecule LibrariesUbiquitin-Protein LigasesConceptsChemical probesMore drug-like propertiesFusion proteinSmall-molecule PROTACsProtein degradationDrug-like propertiesE3 ligase ligandChemical genetic toolsSpecific E3 ligasesProtein of interestVHL ligandsHaloTag fusion proteinsE3 ligasesGenetic toolsHeterobifunctional moleculesNumerous proteinsHaloPROTACLigandsPROTACsProteinNovel classAttractive strategyDegradationProbeLigases
2006
Probing Protein Function with Small Molecules
Gough JD, Crews CM. Probing Protein Function with Small Molecules. Ernst Schering Foundation Symposium Proceedings 2006, 58: 61-74. PMID: 16708999, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-37635-4_5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBiotinylationCombinatorial Chemistry TechniquesDrug DesignDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalGenomicsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansKetonesModels, ChemicalMolecular Probe TechniquesNanotechnologyOligopeptidesPhosphorylationProtein BindingProteinsReceptors, AndrogenRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSerineSesquiterpenesSignal TransductionUbiquitin-Protein Ligases
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
1996
Didemnin binds to the protein palmitoyl thioesterase responsible for infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis.
Crews C, Lane W, Schreiber S. Didemnin binds to the protein palmitoyl thioesterase responsible for infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1996, 93: 4316-4319. PMID: 8633062, PMCID: PMC39533, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.9.4316.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceBrainCattleConsensus SequenceDepsipeptidesDNA PrimersGTP-Binding ProteinsHumansInfantMolecular Sequence DataMolecular WeightNeuronal Ceroid-LipofuscinosesPeptides, CyclicPolymerase Chain ReactionProtein BindingRatsSequence Homology, Amino AcidThiolester HydrolasesConceptsPalmitoyl-protein thioesteraseInfantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosisNeuronal ceroid lipofuscinosisGTP-dependent bindingProgressive loss of brain functionDidemnin BG alpha s subunitProtein synthesis inhibitory activityProteins in vitroCeroid lipofuscinosisSequence similarityPalmitoyl thioesteraseProtein thioesteraseHuman cDNAEF1-alphaS subunitsBrain lysatesH-rasThioesteraseProteinBiological activityLipofuscinosisCDNADidemninInhibitory activity
1993
Raf-1 forms a stable complex with Mek1 and activates Mek1 by serine phosphorylation.
Huang W, Alessandrini A, Crews CM, Erikson RL. Raf-1 forms a stable complex with Mek1 and activates Mek1 by serine phosphorylation. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1993, 90: 10947-10951. PMID: 8248196, PMCID: PMC47898, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.23.10947.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsEnzyme ActivationIn Vitro TechniquesMacromolecular SubstancesMAP Kinase Kinase 1MiceMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase KinasesPhosphorylationPhosphoserineProtein BindingProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProtein-Tyrosine KinasesProto-Oncogene ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-rafRecombinant Proteins