Targeted protein degradation (TPD) via proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) enables selective removal of proteins of interest (POIs) by hijacking the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS). However, broad application is constrained by the availability of high-quality target ligands, which remain scarce for much of the human proteome, limiting assessment of POIs for UPS-mediated degradation. To address this challenge, we developed polyhistidine-targeting PROTACs (polyHisTACs) by conjugating a nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid (Ni2+-NTA) headgroup to ligands of VHL or CRBN, thereby recruiting these E3 ligase complexes to polyHis-tagged POIs. As expected, polyHisTACs effectively degraded CRISPR-engineered, endogenously polyHis-tagged BRD4 and also induced robust degradation of an exogenously expressed polyHis-tagged RNA-binding protein, PSPC1, a target that is typically considered undruggable. In summary, polyHisTACs overcome key limitations of existing tag-based degrader systems by leveraging a minimal, easily implemented polyHis tag. This platform provides a versatile, reliable way to evaluate UPS-mediated degradability in the absence of target-specific ligands and serves as a practical tool for acute POI depletion in basic research.
[doi:10.25345/C5NV99Q7Z]
[dataset license: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)]
Keywords: PROTAC ; targeted protein degradation ; polyhistidine ; HiBiT ; DIA-MS ; DatasetType:Proteomics
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Dongwen Lyu (Lv), Ph.D., M.S., Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, U.S.A. |
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