COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF STRENGTHENING THE DEGRADATION OF TARGET TARGETS AND OTHER POLYPEPTIDES USING E3 UUBIQUITINE LIGASES

摘要

The present invention relates to bifunctional compounds, which find utility as modulators of targeted ubiquitination, especially of a variety of polypeptides and other proteins which are degraded and/or otherwise inhibited by bifunctional compounds according to the present invention. In particular, the present invention is directed to compounds, which contain on one end a VHL ligand which binds to the ubiquitin ligase and on the other end a moiety which binds a target protein such that the target protein is placed in proximity to the ubiquitin ligase to effect degradation (and inhibition) of that protein. The present invention exhibits a broad range of pharmacological activities associated with compounds according to the present invention, consistent with the degradation/inhibition of targeted polypeptides.