Code
3S016320
Duration
01 November 2020 → 31 October 2024
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Biopharmaceutics
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Engineering and technology
- Medical molecular engineering of nucleic acids and proteins
- Medical biotechnology not elsewhere classified
Keywords
targeted protein degradation
lysosomal targeting
protein engineering
Project description
As much as 85% of the human proteome is considered to be undruggable as many proteins lack well-defined pockets for small-molecule drugs to bind and modulate their function. This has been challenged with the emergence of targeted protein degradation approaches, that make use of the cytosolic waste disposal system for the removal of a disease-causing protein, ablating all of its functions. However, such strategies have been limited to target engagement within the intracellular environment.