PROTAC diagram (IMAGE)

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

PROTAC diagram

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Disease proteins (target) are attached to a degradation tag (tag). Upon treatment with a tag-binding PROTAC drug, the target is signaled for removal by recruitment of the E3 complex that attaches the degrader signal ubiquitin (Ub).

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