Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Rational design of a sensitivity-enhanced tracer for discovering efficient APC–Asef inhibitors

  • Jie Zhong,
  • Yuegui Guo,
  • Shaoyong Lu,
  • Kun Song,
  • Ying Wang,
  • Li Feng,
  • Zhen Zheng,
  • Qiufen Zhang,
  • Jiacheng Wei,
  • Peng Sang,
  • Yan Shi,
  • Jianfeng Cai,
  • Guoqiang Chen,
  • Chen-Ying Liu,
  • Xiuyan Yang,
  • Jian Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32612-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The adenomatous polyposis coli (APC)–Asef protein interaction is essential for colorectal cancer metastasis. Here, the authors present the rational design of a sensitivity-enhanced tracer for fluorescence polarization assays, enabling them to discover more efficient APC–Asef interaction inhibitors.