Most small-molecule protein degraders act as interface stabilizers ‘molecular glues’ between E3 ubiquitin ligases and target proteins to induce ternary complex formation and ubiquitin-dependent target protein degradation. Here we report polymerization as a novel mechanism for small molecule-induced ...
Nuclear hormone receptors (NRs) are ligand-binding transcription factors that are widely targeted therapeutically. Hormone binding triggers NR activation and their subsequent proteasomal degradation through unknown ligand-dependent ubiquitin ligase machinery. NR degradation is therapeutically releva...
The goal of the project is to identify genes that make individuals more susceptible to bipolar disorder (manic depressive illness) and to better understand the brain pathways involved in the disease.