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Kevan M. Shokat

The chemist whose lab found the hidden pocket in KRAS G12C that made the 'undruggable' target druggable.

Kevan Shokat is a chemical biologist. His 2013 discovery of covalent inhibitors binding the switch-II pocket of KRAS G12C opened the path to sotorasib and adagrasib. Also known for the bump-hole approach to kinase chemical genetics.

Role
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Specialisms
Chemical biologyKRASKinase inhibitors

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