Diversity-oriented synthesis encoded by deoxyoligonucleotides.

Nature communications
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Abstract

Diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS) is a powerful strategy to prepare molecules with underrepresented features in commercial screening collections, resulting in the elucidation of novel biological mechanisms. In parallel to the development of DOS, DNA-encoded libraries (DELs) have emerged as an effective, efficient screening strategy to identify protein binders. Despite recent advancements in this field, most DEL syntheses are limited by the presence of sensitive DNA-based constructs. Here, we describe the design, synthesis, and validation experiments performed for a 3.7 million-member DEL, generated using diverse skeleton architectures with varying exit vectors and derived from DOS, to achieve structural diversity beyond what is possible by varying appendages alone. We also show screening results for three diverse protein targets. We will make this DEL available to the academic scientific community to increase access to novel structural features and accelerate early-phase drug discovery.

Year of Publication
2023
Journal
Nature communications
Volume
14
Issue
1
Pages
4930
Date Published
08/2023
ISSN
2041-1723
DOI
10.1038/s41467-023-40575-5
PubMed ID
37582753
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