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Mona K. Ghozayel

University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignORCID 0000-0002-5766-3214Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Pharmacology & Toxicology· 2 Biochemistry· 1

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Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Assay:proteomics· 2 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Organism:human· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1

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Khuchtumur Bum-ErdeneiD· 3 shared Samy O. MerouehiD· 3 shared Giovanni Gonzalez-Gutierrez· 1 shared Giovanni González-GutiérreziD· 1 shared I‐Ju Yeh· 1 shared Mark J. ZhangiD· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 3/yr

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Pharmacology & ToxicologybioRxivPreprintNov 4, 2026

Fragment Covalent Bond Formation at SOS1 Tyr-884 Inhibits KRAS Nucleotide Exchange

Khuchtumur Bum-Erdene, Giovanni Gonzalez-Gutierrez, Mona K Ghozayel, Samy Meroueh

This paper identifies a covalent inhibitor of SOS1-KRAS binding by screening fragments that form bonds at Tyr-884, showing time- and concentration-dependent inhibition of KRAS nucleotide exchange.

DOI 10.64898/2026.11.01.763478

experimental assaydrug response / drug discovery

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Pharmacology & ToxicologyACS Chemical BiologyPeer-reviewedApr 8, 2026

Degradation of the TEAD-YAP/TAZ Transcription Factor Complex by Heterobifunctional Small Molecules that Bind to the TEAD Allosteric Lipid Pocket

I‐Ju Yeh, Mona K. Ghozayel, Khuchtumur Bum‐Erdene, Samy O. Meroueh

This study designs and tests heterobifunctional small molecules to degrade the TEAD-YAP/TAZ complex in cancer cells, showing significant proteasomal degradation with methyl ester analogs.

DOI 10.1021/acschembio.6c00170

humanproteomics

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BiochemistrybioRxivPreprintMar 20, 2026

A Fragment Screen Identifies Acrylamide Covalent Inhibitors of the TEAD/YAP Protein-Protein Interaction

Khuchtumur Bum‐Erdene, Mona K. Ghozayel, Mark J. Zhang…·Samy O. Meroueh

The paper identifies acrylamide fragments that covalently inhibit TEAD4-YAP interaction by reacting with a conserved cysteine in the TEAD palmitate pocket.

DOI 10.64898/2026.03.18.712694

proteomicsexperimental assay

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