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ArticlePNAS nexus2024

Probing the CRL4

Germanna Lima Righetto, Yanting Yin, David M Duda, Victoria Vu, Magdalena M Szewczyk, Hong Zeng, Yanjun Li, Peter Loppnau, Tony Mei, Yen-Yen Li and 7 more

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Article in PNAS nexus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Chaperonin in health and disease.Molecular biomedicine · 2026
    Review
  2. Ubiquitination-Driven Reprogramming of Proteostasis in Metastasis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Germanna Lima RighettoStructural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6915-1187
Yanting YinStructural and Protein Sciences, Therapeutics Discovery, Janssen Research and Development, Spring House, PA 19044, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9310-1094
David M DudaStructural and Protein Sciences, Therapeutics Discovery, Janssen Research and Development, Spring House, PA 19044, USA.
Victoria VuStructural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.
Magdalena M SzewczykStructural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.
Hong ZengStructural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.
Yanjun LiStructural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.
Peter LoppnauStructural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.
Tony MeiStructural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.
Yen-Yen LiStructural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.
Alma SeitovaStructural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.
Aaron N PatrickDiscovery Technology and Molecular Pharmacology, Therapeutics Discovery, Janssen Research and Development, LLC, Welsh and McKean Roads, Spring House, PA 19477, USA.
Jean-Francois BrazeauDiscovery Chemistry, Therapeutics Discovery, Janssen Research and Development, LLC, 3210 Merryfield Row, La Jolla, CA 92121, USA.
Charu ChaudhryDiscovery Technology and Molecular Pharmacology, Therapeutics Discovery, Janssen Research and Development, LLC, Welsh and McKean Roads, Spring House, PA 19477, USA.
Dalia Barsyte-LovejoyStructural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6560-9621
Vijayaratnam SanthakumarStructural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7001-557X
Levon HalabelianStructural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4361-3619
University of Toronto · CASpringhouse · USJanssen (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Damaged DNA-binding protein-1 (DDB1)- and CUL4-associated factor 12 (DCAF12) serves as the substrate recognition component within the Cullin4-RING E3 ligase (CRL4) complex, capable of identifying C-terminal double-glutamic acid degrons to promote the degradation of specific substrates through the ubiquitin proteasome system. Melanoma-associated antigen 3 (MAGEA3) and T-complex protein 1 subunit epsilon (CCT5) proteins have been identified as cellular targets of DCAF12. To further characterize the interactions between DCAF12 and both MAGEA3 and CCT5, we developed a suite of biophysical and proximity-based cellular NanoBRET assays showing that the C-terminal degron peptides of both MAGEA3 and CCT5 form nanomolar affinity interactions with DCAF12 in vitro and in cells. Furthermore, we report here the 3.17 Å cryo-EM structure of DDB1-DCAF12-MAGEA3 complex revealing the key DCAF12 residues responsible for C-terminal degron recognition and binding. Our study provides new insights and tools to enable the discovery of small molecule handles targeting the WD40-repeat domain of DCAF12 for future proteolysis targeting chimera design and development.

Indexed as

CCT5DCAF12E3 ligaseMAGEA3PROTAC

Identifiers

PMID38665159
PMCPMC11044963
OpenAlexW4394691194

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Registered trials

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