A photoaffinity-based fragment screening platform for efficient identification of protein ligands

Grant, Emma K. and Fallon, David J. and Hann, Michael M. and Fantom, Ken G. M. and Quinn, Chad and Zappacosta, Francesca and Annan, Roland S. and Chung, Chun-wa and Bamborough, Paul and Dixon, David P. and Stacey, Peter and House, David and Patel, Vipulkumar K. and Tomkinson, Nick C. O. and Bush, Jacob T. (2020) A photoaffinity-based fragment screening platform for efficient identification of protein ligands. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59 (47). pp. 21096-21105. ISSN 1433-7851 (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202008361)

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Abstract

Advances in genomic analyses enable the identification of new proteins that are associated with disease. To validate these targets, tool molecules are required to demonstrate that a ligand can have a disease‐modifying effect. Currently, as tools are reported for only a fraction of the proteome, platforms for ligand discovery are essential to leverage insights from genomic analyses. Fragment screening offers an efficient approach to explore chemical space. Presented here is a fragment‐screening platform, termed PhABits (PhotoAffinity Bits), which utilizes a library of photoreactive fragments to covalently capture fragment–protein interactions. Hits can be profiled to determine potency and the site of crosslinking, and subsequently developed as reporters in a competitive displacement assay to identify novel hit matter. The PhABit platform is envisioned to be widely applicable to novel protein targets, identifying starting points in the development of therapeutics.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:74160
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    16 November 2020
    Published
    3 August 2020
    Published Online
    27 July 2020
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Chemistry
    Department:Faculty of Science > Pure and Applied Chemistry
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:08 Oct 2020 13:17
    Last modified:09 Apr 2024 01:53
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/74160
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