ERC Consolidator Grant · 2019
Exploiting the DNA damage response to induce degradation of proteins
Here I propose to use small molecules to degrade proteins specifically around sites of DNA damage by using the damage itself as a homing signal. The approach will create new ways to study DNA damage, but will also offer translational possibilities in cancer. Cancer cells are often acutely sensitive to DNA damage because they have one or more faulty DNA damage response (DDR) pathways – a feature that makes them highly dependent on their remaining DNA repair systems. We will pioneer two novel and related chemical approaches for selectively killing cancer cells by modulating DDR pathways with bifunctional DNA damaging molecules. We will do this by reprogramming E3 ligases. E3 ligases are…
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