The role of pontin and reptin in cellular physiology and cancer etiology

YQ Mao, WA Houry - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Pontin (RUVBL1, TIP49, TIP49a, Rvb1) and Reptin (RUVBL2, TIP48, TIP49b, Rvb2) are
highly conserved ATPases of the AAA+ (ATPases Associated with various cellular Activities) …

Ribosome abundance control via the ubiquitin–proteasome system and autophagy

H An, JW Harper - Journal of molecular biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Ribosomes are central to the life of a cell, as they translate the genetic code into the amino
acid language of proteins. Moreover, ribosomal abundance within the cell is coordinated …

Resolution of R-loops by INO80 promotes DNA replication and maintains cancer cell proliferation and viability

L Prendergast, UL McClurg, R Hristova… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Collisions between the DNA replication machinery and co-transcriptional R-loops can
impede DNA synthesis and are a major source of genomic instability in cancer cells. How …

DIP-MS: ultra-deep interaction proteomics for the deconvolution of protein complexes

F Frommelt, A Fossati, F Uliana, F Wendt, P Xue… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Most proteins are organized in macromolecular assemblies, which represent key functional
units regulating and catalyzing most cellular processes. Affinity purification of the protein of …

The transcriptional coactivator RUVBL2 regulates Pol II clustering with diverse transcription factors

H Wang, B Li, L Zuo, B Wang, Y Yan, K Tian… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract RNA polymerase II (Pol II) apparatuses are compartmentalized into transcriptional
clusters. Whether protein factors control these clusters remains unknown. In this study, we …

Translation of non-canonical open reading frames as a cancer cell survival mechanism in childhood medulloblastoma

DA Hofman, J Ruiz-Orera, I Yannuzzi, R Murugesan… - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
A hallmark of high-risk childhood medulloblastoma is the dysregulation of RNA translation.
Currently, it is unknown whether medulloblastoma dysregulates the translation of putatively …

The role of Hsp90-R2TP in macromolecular complex assembly and stabilization

J Lynham, WA Houry - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hsp90 is a ubiquitous molecular chaperone involved in many cell signaling pathways, and
its interactions with specific chaperones and cochaperones determines which client proteins …

The PAQosome, an R2TP-based chaperone for quaternary structure formation

WA Houry, E Bertrand, B Coulombe - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2018 - cell.com
The Rvb1–Rvb2–Tah1–Pih1/prefoldin-like (R2TP/PFDL) complex is a unique chaperone
that provides a platform for the assembly and maturation of many key multiprotein …

Tumor suppressor Tsc1 is a new Hsp90 co‐chaperone that facilitates folding of kinase and non‐kinase clients

MR Woodford, RA Sager, E Marris, DM Dunn… - The EMBO …, 2017 - embopress.org
The tumor suppressors Tsc1 and Tsc2 form the tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), a
regulator of mTOR activity. Tsc1 stabilizes Tsc2; however, the precise mechanism involved …

RPAP3 provides a flexible scaffold for coupling HSP90 to the human R2TP co-chaperone complex

F Martino, M Pal, H Muñoz-Hernández… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract The R2TP/Prefoldin-like co-chaperone, in concert with HSP90, facilitates assembly
and cellular stability of RNA polymerase II, and complexes of PI3-kinase-like kinases such …