PA28γ: new insights on an ancient proteasome activator

P Cascio - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
PA28 (also known as 11S, REG or PSME) is a family of proteasome regulators whose
members are widely present in many of the eukaryotic supergroups. In jawed vertebrates …

Targeting immunoproteasome in neurodegeneration: A glance to the future

GR Tundo, P Cascio, D Milardi, AM Santoro… - Pharmacology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
The immunoproteasome is a specialized form of proteasome equipped with modified
catalytic subunits that was initially discovered to play a pivotal role in MHC class I antigen …

Cold temperature extends longevity and prevents disease-related protein aggregation through PA28γ-induced proteasomes

HJ Lee, H Alirzayeva, S Koyuncu, A Rueber… - Nature Aging, 2023 - nature.com
Aging is a primary risk factor for neurodegenerative disorders that involve protein
aggregation. Because lowering body temperature is one of the most effective mechanisms to …

Structure, Function, and Allosteric Regulation of the 20S Proteasome by the 11S/PA28 Family of Proteasome Activators

T Thomas, D Salcedo-Tacuma, DM Smith - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The proteasome, a complex multi-catalytic protease machinery, orchestrates the protein
degradation essential for maintaining cellular homeostasis, and its dysregulation also …

Atomic resolution Cryo-EM structure of human proteasome activator PA28γ

DD Chen, J Hao, CH Shen, XM Deng… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The PA28 family proteasome activators play important roles in regulating proteasome
activities. Though the three paralogs (PA28α, PA28β, and PA28γ) are similar in terms of …

Proteasome activator 28γ (PA28γ) allosterically activates trypsin-like proteolysis by binding to the α-ring of the 20S proteasome

TA Thomas, DM Smith - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2022 - ASBMB
Proteasome activator 28γ (PA28γ/REGγ) is a member of the 11S family of proteasomal
regulators that is constitutively expressed in the nucleus and implicated in various diseases …

PA200-Mediated Proteasomal Protein Degradation and Regulation of Cellular Senescence

P Wen, Y Sun, TX Jiang, XB Qiu - International Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Cellular senescence is closely related to DNA damage, proteasome inactivity, histone loss,
epigenetic alterations, and tumorigenesis. The mammalian proteasome activator PA200 …

PA28γ, the ring that makes tumors invisible to the immune system?

P Cascio - Biochimie, 2024 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT PA28γ is a proteasomal interactor whose main and most known function is to
stimulate the hydrolytic activity of the 20S proteasome independently of ubiquitin and ATP …

[HTML][HTML] PSME3 promotes lung adenocarcinoma development by regulating the TGF-β/SMAD signaling pathway

S Wang, Y Li, K Jin, K Suda, R Li… - … Lung Cancer Research, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is one of the most common types of cancer
worldwide. Proteasome activator subunit 3 (PSME3) is a subunit of a proteasome activator …

Detection and biochemical characterization of circulating proteasomes in dog plasma

F Cerruti, A Borrelli, A Degiovanni, G Mengozzi… - Research in Veterinary …, 2023 - Elsevier
A growing body of evidence convincingly indicates that proteasomes are not located
exclusively within cells but also in different extracellular compartments. In humans, in fact …