The Role of HECT E3 Ubiquitin Ligases in Colorectal Cancer

A Sun, Y Chen, X Tian, Q Lin - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is estimated to rank as the second reason for cancer-related
deaths, and the prognosis of CRC patients remains unsatisfactory. Numerous studies on …

Functional significance and therapeutic implication of ring-type E3 ligases in colorectal cancer

L Liu, CC Wong, B Gong, J Yu - Oncogene, 2018 - nature.com
Accumulative studies revealed that E3 ubiquitin ligases have important roles in colorectal
carcinogenesis. The pathogenic mechanisms of colorectal cancer (CRC) initiation and …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging roles of the HECT E3 ubiquitin ligases in gastric cancer

A Sun, X Tian, Y Chen, W Yang… - Pathology and Oncology …, 2023 - por-journal.com
Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the pernicious gastrointestinal tumors with extraordinarily high
incidence and mortality. Ubiquitination modification of cellular signaling proteins has been …

[HTML][HTML] HECT E3 ligases: a tale with multiple facets

J Weber, S Polo, E Maspero - Frontiers in physiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Ubiquitination plays a pivotal role in several cellular processes and is critical for protein
degradation and signaling. E3 ubiquitin ligases are the matchmakers in the ubiquitination …

[PDF][PDF] System-wide modulation of HECT E3 ligases with selective ubiquitin variant probes

W Zhang, KP Wu, MA Sartori, HB Kamadurai… - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
HECT-family E3 ligases ubiquitinate protein substrates to control virtually every eukaryotic
process and are misregulated in numerous diseases. Nonetheless, understanding of HECT …

[PDF][PDF] The HECT family of E3 ubiquitin ligases: multiple players in cancer development

F Bernassola, M Karin, A Ciechanover, G Melino - Cancer cell, 2008 - cell.com
The involvement of the homologous to E6-AP carboxyl terminus (HECT)-type E3s in crucial
signaling pathways implicated in tumorigenesis is presently an area of intense research and …

HERC ubiquitin ligases in cancer

J Sala-Gaston, A Martinez-Martinez, L Pedrazza… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
HERC proteins are ubiquitin E3 ligases of the HECT family. The HERC subfamily is
composed of six members classified by size into large (HERC1 and HERC2) and small …

Emerging roles of the HECT-type E3 ubiquitin ligases in hematological malignancies

VS Delvecchio, C Fierro, S Giovannini, G Melino… - Discover Oncology, 2021 - Springer
Ubiquitination-mediated proteolysis or regulation of proteins, ultimately executed by E3
ubiquitin ligases, control a wide array of cellular processes, including transcription, cell …

RING-, HECT-, and RBR-type E3 ubiquitin ligases: involvement in human cancer

C Uchida, M Kitagawa - Current cancer drug targets, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
In the ubiquitylation system, E3 ubiquitin ligases play a key role in determining substrate
specificity and catalyzing the transfer of ubiquitin from E2 enzymes to the substrate. Growing …

HECT-type E3 ubiquitin ligases in cancer

F Bernassola, G Chillemi, G Melino - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2019 - cell.com
Ubiquitination, a post-translational modification that involves a covalent attachment of
ubiquitin to a protein substrate, is essential for cellular homeostatic maintenance. At the end …