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. 2021 Feb 10;12:920. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21159-7

Fig. 2. BRAFWT is unable to form a PROTAC-induced ternary complex in cells and thus not degraded.

Fig. 2

a IC50 values of radiolabeled kinase assay for WT RAF and Class 1 and 2 BRAF mutants (mean, n = 2 biologically independent experiments). Plotted values shown in Table 1. b Purified protein ternary complex assay. GST-VBC (VHL, Elongin B, Elongin C) is immobilized on glutathione beads and incubated with DMSO, SJF-0661 (500 nM) or increasing concentrations of SJF-0628 and purified full length-BRAF to observe VBC:PROTAC:BRAF ternary complex. c Quantification of 2b with respect to 1% input (mean ± SD, n = 3 biologically independent samples). Replicates shown in source data; WT = black circles, V600E = blue circles. d Cell lysate based ternary complex assay (as described in b) but using NIH3T3 cell lysates (doxycycline 800 ng/mL) containing V5-BRAFWT or V5-BRAFV600E as input. e Quantification of 2d with respect to 1% input (mean ± SD, n = 3 biologically independent samples). Replicates shown in source data. WT = black circles, V600E = blue circles. f NIH3T3 cells expressing indicated V5-BRAF treated with DMSO or 1 µM SJF-0628 for 1-hour followed by immunoprecipitation of V5-BRAF. g NanoBRET ternary complex assay. HEK293T cells ectopically expressing NanoLuc-BRAF(donor) and HaloTag-VHL covalently labeled with a HaloTag 618 ligand (acceptor) were treated with DMSO, epimer SJF-0661(1 μM) or indicated concentration of SJF-0628 for 3 h. Data represented as BRET ratio (mean ± SD, n = 4 biologically independent experiments); WT = black circles, V600E = blue circles. h Tandem Ubiquitin Binding Entities 1 (TUBE1) pull down of tetra-ubiquitinated proteins in NIH3T3 cells expressing indicated V5-BRAF after 1-hour treatment with vehicle or SJF-0628. Immunoblotted for V5-BRAF. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.