PARP14 is a PARP with both ADP-ribosyl transferase and hydrolase activities

N Đukić, Ø Strømland, JD Elsborg, D Munnur, K Zhu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
PARP14 is a mono–ADP-ribosyl transferase involved in the control of immunity,
transcription, and DNA replication stress management. However, little is known about the …

[PDF][PDF] Mechanisms of PARP1 inhibitor resistance and their implications for cancer treatment

LM Jackson, GL Moldovan - NAR cancer, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The discovery of synthetic lethality as a result of the combined loss of PARP1 and BRCA has
revolutionized the treatment of DNA repair-deficient cancers. With the development of PARP …

(Single-stranded DNA) gaps in understanding BRCAness

A Schreuder, TJ Wendel, CGV Dorresteijn… - Trends in Genetics, 2024 - cell.com
The tumour-suppressive roles of BRCA1 and 2 have been attributed to three seemingly
distinct functions–homologous recombination, replication fork protection, and single …

Updated protein domain annotation of the PARP protein family sheds new light on biological function

MJ Suskiewicz, D Munnur, Ø Strømland… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
AlphaFold2 and related computational tools have greatly aided studies of structural biology
through their ability to accurately predict protein structures. In the present work, we explored …

Multi-step processing of replication stress-derived nascent strand DNA gaps by MRE11 and EXO1 nucleases

A Hale, A Dhoonmoon, J Straka, CM Nicolae… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Accumulation of single stranded DNA (ssDNA) gaps in the nascent strand during DNA
replication has been associated with cytotoxicity and hypersensitivity to genotoxic stress …

EXO1 protects BRCA1-deficient cells against toxic DNA lesions

B van de Kooij, A Schreuder, R Pavani, V Garzero… - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Inactivating mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes impair DNA double-strand break
(DSB) repair by homologous recombination (HR), leading to chromosomal instability and …

USP1-dependent nucleolytic expansion of PRIMPOL-generated nascent DNA strand discontinuities during replication stress

A Nusawardhana, LM Pale, CM Nicolae… - Nucleic acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
DNA replication stress-induced fork arrest represents a significant threat to genomic
integrity. One major mechanism of replication restart involves repriming downstream of the …

PARP14 is a writer, reader, and eraser of mono-ADP-ribosylation

A Torretta, C Chatzicharalampous… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
PARP14/BAL2 is a large multidomain enzyme involved in signaling pathways with
relevance to cancer, inflammation, and infection. Inhibition of its mono-ADP-ribosylating …

A small-molecule inhibitor of TopBP1 exerts anti-MYC activity and synergy with PARP inhibitors

FT Lin, K Liu, LAW Garan… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
We have previously identified TopBP1 (topoisomerase IIβ-binding protein 1) as a promising
target for cancer therapy, given its role in the convergence of Rb, PI (3) K/Akt, and p53 …

RNA: DNA hybrids from Okazaki fragments contribute to establish the Ku-mediated barrier to replication-fork degradation

C Audoynaud, K Schirmeisen, AA Saada, A Gesnik… - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) factors act in replication-fork protection, restart, and
repair. Here, we identified a mechanism related to RNA: DNA hybrids to establish the NHEJ …