Purdue University Purdue e-Pubs Purdue University Libraries Open Access Purdue Libraries and School of Information Publishing Support Fund Studies 6-25-2019 Methods to Discover and Evaluate Proteasome Small Molecule Stimulators Rachel Coleman Purdue University,
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[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/fund Recommended Citation Coleman, R.A.; Trader, D.J. Methods to Discover and Evaluate Proteasome Small Molecule Stimulators. Molecules 2019, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules24122341 This document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Please contact
[email protected] for additional information. molecules Review Methods to Discover and Evaluate Proteasome Small Molecule Stimulators Rachel A. Coleman and Darci J. Trader * Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, 610 Purdue Mall, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA;
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[email protected] Received: 31 May 2019; Accepted: 22 June 2019; Published: 25 June 2019 Abstract: Protein accumulation has been identified as a characteristic of many degenerative conditions, such as neurodegenerative diseases and aging. In most cases, these conditions also present with diminished protein degradation. The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is responsible for the degradation of the majority of proteins in cells; however, the activity of the proteasome is reduced in these disease states, contributing to the accumulation of toxic protein. It has been hypothesized that proteasome activity, both ubiquitin-dependent and -independent, can be chemically stimulated to reduce the load of protein in diseased cells. Several methods exist to identify and characterize stimulators of proteasome activity.