ERC Starting Grant · 2025
Beyond the Protein: Manipulating Proteoforms with Chemical Tools
The human body can synthesize ~70’000 different proteins. These proteins diversify into millions of proteoforms, e.g., by associating into complexes or acquiring functionalities called post-translational modifications (PTMs). Distinct proteoforms are often found in different cell types and have diverse functions. Dysregulation of specific proteoforms is associated with many diseases, including neurodegeneration or cancers, highlighting the need for their study and modulation. Despite these needs, most drug-like molecules are designed to indiscriminately activate, inhibit, or destroy a target protein—they are blind to the localization or function of different proteoforms. PROTEOFORMER goes…
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