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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

De novo discovery of a molecular glue-like macrocyclic peptide that induces MCL1 homodimerization.

Fengwei Li, Mengmeng Zhang, Chao Liu, Jie Cheng, Yawen Yang, Xiangda Peng, Zhifeng Li, Wenfeng Cai, Haipeng Yu, Junjie Wu and 6 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Fengwei Li *State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7143-4151
Mengmeng Zhang *State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
Chao Liu *State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
Jie ChengState Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
Yawen YangState Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
Xiangda PengShanghai Zelixir Biotech Company Ltd., Shanghai 200030, China.
Zhifeng LiState Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
Wenfeng CaiState Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
Haipeng YuState Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
Junjie WuState Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
Yuyu GuoState Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
Hongkun GengWaters | Wyatt Technology, Beijing 100176, China.
Yun FaQingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao 266061, China.
Youming ZhangState Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
Dalei WuState Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1817-7229
Yizhen YinState Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2466-2167

Funding

MOST | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 22277065
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macrocyclic peptides have emerged as promising drug candidates, filling the gap between small molecules and large biomolecules in drug discovery. The antiapoptotic protein myeloid cell leukemia 1 (MCL1) is crucial for numerous cancers, yet it presents challenges for selective targeting by traditional inhibitors. In this study, we identified a macrocyclic peptide, 5L1, that strongly binds to MCL1, with a dissociation constant (

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsMyeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 ProteinPeptides, CyclicProtein MultimerizationCell Line, TumorCell-Penetrating PeptidesDrug DiscoveryHumansProtein BindingAntineoplastic AgentsCell-Penetrating PeptidesMCL1 protein, humanMyeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 ProteinPeptides, Cyclicantitumormacrocyclic peptideMCL1molecular gluespecific inhibitor

Identifiers

PMID40131955
PMCPMC12002256

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