This work describes the synthesis and characterization of a pomalidomide-based, bifunctional homo-PROTAC as a novel approach to induce ubiquitination and degradation of the E3 ubiquitin ligase cereblon (CRBN), the target of thalidomide analogs.
Lindner, S., Steinebach, C., Kehm, H., Mangold, M., Gütschow, M., Krönke, J. Chemical Inactivation of the E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Cereblon by Pomalidomide-based Homo-PROTACs. J. Vis. Exp. (147), e59472, doi:10.3791/59472 (2019).