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. 2015 Mar 19;10(3):e0120331. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120331

Fig 2. Y3H and CID synthesis.

Fig 2

A. Schematic of the Y3H system showing the ternary complex between the CID and the two fusion proteins containing the activation and DNA-binding domains of the transcription factor (AD and DBD, respectively). The CID consists of: methotrexate (green cross), which binds to the DHFR-DBD fusion; a flexible linker unit (red); and the small molecule of interest (blue star), which binds to the target protein-AD fusion. B. Synthetic route to MTX-Cmpd2.1 (i) Compound 2-PEG linker fragment 3; (ii) tButyl Methotrexate 5 and (iii) Peptide coupling and tbutyl deprotection to MTX-Cmpd2.1. For reagents and conditions, see S1 Methods.