Generative AI Framework SynGlue for the Rational Design of Clinically relevant Protein Degraders

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ABSTRACT The rational design of protein degraders, such as proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs), requires the simultaneous optimization of multiple molecular properties, a complex challenge that limits efficient discovery. Here, we introduce SynGlue, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) framework that addresses this challenge through two core modules: data-driven, leveraging large-scale protein-ligand intelligence, and structure-guided, for physics-aware molecular design. SynGlue harness MagnetDB, a curated database of 6.37 million experimental protein-ligand interactions, and couples it with deep learning models that quantitatively predict degradation potency (DC 50 ), maximal degradation (D max ), and guide ternary-complex-compatible linker design. Benchmarked against 6,935 compounds, SynGlue demonstrates superior performance in relevant pharmacology prediction. To validate SynGlue, we engineered degraders for BRD4 and GSPT1. Our data-driven design for BRD4 yielded compounds with novel warhead scaffolds (<50% warhead similarity with known PROTACs), which proved to be potent degraders in vitro (DC 50 = 0.19 nM) and efficacious in vivo in mouse models. Independently, our structure-guided de novo design for GSPT1 produced ultrapotent degraders (DC 50 ≈ 0.0011 μM) that are also effective both in vitro and in vivo , uncovering a new oncogenic dependency. By unifying data-driven and physics-aware design, SynGlue establishes a generalizable AI framework for the rapid development of clinically relevant protein degraders, with principled extension to other multi-target modalities.

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