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Published Paper - Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports
The Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports published an article authored by one of our researchers.
Title :
Anthricin-induced hyperactive proteasome and its molecular mechanism
Abstract :
Recently, targeted protein degradation has attracted increasing interest as a new drug discovery approach. In this study, we investigated the structure–activity relationship of anthricin and its analogs in enhancing proteasome activity, the effects of anthricin on proteasome-related gene expression, and the direct binding between anthricin and the proteasome using pull-down assay. Moreover, we assessed the interaction between anthricin and the proteasome using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The results showed that anthricin does not induce proteasome-related gene expression, but instead binds to the β-subunit of the proteasome, bringing the side chains of three amino acid residues (Thr1, Asp17, and Lys33) at the catalytic site closer together, thereby inducing a hyperactive state. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to suggest the mechanism of proteasome activity enhancement by anthricin at the molecular level. The findings could contribute to the development of new chemotypes to enhance the effects of targeted protein degraders by regulating proteasome activity.
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