Source 1review2021Frontiers in Chemistry
Toolkit/PHOTAC
PHOTAC
Also known as: PHOTACs
Taxonomy: Mechanism Branch / Component. Workflows sit above the mechanism and technique branches rather than replacing them.
Summary
The supplied web research summary identifies PHOTACs as a photoswitchable PROTAC class directly central to the anchor review and as an explicitly supported related component/tool name in sources discussed by the review.
Usefulness & Problems
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Taxonomy & Function
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Mechanism Branch
Component: A low-level protein part used inside a larger architecture that realizes a mechanism.
Techniques
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Validation
Cell-freeBacteriaMammalianMouseHumanTherapeuticIndep. Replication
Supporting Sources
Ranked Claims
PROTACs have the potential to target the undruggable proteome via event-driven pharmacology.
This approach has the potential to target the undruggable proteome via event-driven pharmacology.
The combination of photopharmacology and PROTACs has recently gained momentum for discovery and development of new therapies.
Recently, the combination strategy of photopharmacology and PROTACs has gained tremendous momentum for its use in the discovery and development of new therapies.
PROTACs are engineered to degrade pathogenic proteins through the ubiquitin-proteasome system for disease treatment.
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are an advanced technology engineered to degrade pathogenic proteins through the ubiquitin-proteasome system for disease treatment.
The review covers photoPROTACs and discusses both advantages and disadvantages as a biological tool as well as challenges in clinical settings.
Herein, we provide an overview of the new and vibrant research on photoPROTACs, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this approach as a biological tool, and outline the challenges it faces in a clinical setting.
Approval Evidence
1 source0 linked approval claimsfirst-pass slug photac
The supplied web research summary identifies PHOTACs as a photoswitchable PROTAC class directly central to the anchor review and as an explicitly supported related component/tool name in sources discussed by the review.
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Comparisons
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Ranked Citations
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