Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Rapid and direct control of target protein levels with VHL-recruiting dTAG molecules

  • Behnam Nabet,
  • Fleur M. Ferguson,
  • Bo Kyung A. Seong,
  • Miljan Kuljanin,
  • Alan L. Leggett,
  • Mikaela L. Mohardt,
  • Amanda Robichaud,
  • Amy S. Conway,
  • Dennis L. Buckley,
  • Joseph D. Mancias,
  • James E. Bradner,
  • Kimberly Stegmaier,
  • Nathanael S. Gray

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18377-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The dTAG system is used to rapidly deplete tagged target proteins in vitro and in vivo, but there are context- and protein-specific differences in its effectiveness. Here, the authors develop a second generation dTAG molecule that can degrade previously recalcitrant target proteins in cells and mice.