Molecular mechanisms of PALB2 function and its role in breast cancer management

S Wu, J Zhou, K Zhang, H Chen, M Luo, Y Lu… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Partner and localizer of BRCA2 (PALB2) is vital for homologous recombination (HR) repair
in response to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). PALB2 functions as a tumor suppressor …

Regulation of cell cycle drivers by Cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases

SM Jang, CE Redon, BL Thakur, MK Bahta… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2020 - nature.com
The last decade has revealed new roles for Cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases (CRLs) in a myriad
of cellular processes, including cell cycle progression. In addition to CRL1, also named SCF …

Structure of human MRG15 chromo domain and its binding to Lys36-methylated histone H3

P Zhang, J Du, B Sun, X Dong, G Xu… - Nucleic acids …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Human MRG15 is a transcription factor that plays a vital role in embryonic development, cell
proliferation and cellular senescence. It comprises a putative chromo domain in the N …

Structural basis for MOF and MSL3 recruitment into the dosage compensation complex by MSL1

J Kadlec, E Hallacli, M Lipp, H Holz… - Nature structural & …, 2011 - nature.com
The male-specific lethal (MSL) complex is required for dosage compensation in Drosophila
melanogaster, and analogous complexes exist in mammals. We report structures of binary …

Mrg15 stimulates Ash1 H3K36 methyltransferase activity and facilitates Ash1 Trithorax group protein function in Drosophila

C Huang, F Yang, Z Zhang, J Zhang, G Cai, L Li… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Ash1 is a Trithorax group protein that possesses H3K36-specific histone methyltransferase
activity, which antagonizes Polycomb silencing. Here we report the identification of two Ash1 …

Structural insights into stimulation of Ash1L's H3K36 methyltransferase activity through Mrg15 binding

P Hou, C Huang, CP Liu, N Yang, T Yu, Y Yin, B Zhu… - Structure, 2019 - cell.com
The evolutionarily conserved Trithorax group protein Ash1 is a SET domain histone
methyltransferase that mono-and dimethylates lysine 36 of histone H3 (H3K36). Ash1 forms …

Bromodomain Factor 5 as a Target for Antileishmanial Drug Discovery

CN Russell, JL Carter, JM Borgia, J Bush… - ACS Infectious …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Leishmaniases are a collection of neglected tropical diseases caused by kinetoplastid
parasites in the genus Leishmania. Current chemotherapies are severely limited, and the …

Bromodomain factor 5 is an essential regulator of transcription in Leishmania

NG Jones, V Geoghegan, G Moore… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Leishmania are unicellular parasites that cause human and animal diseases. Like other
kinetoplastids, they possess large transcriptional start regions (TSRs) which are defined by …

The functional analysis of Cullin 7 E3 ubiquitin ligases in cancer

L Shi, D Du, Y Peng, J Liu, J Long - Oncogenesis, 2020 - nature.com
Cullin (CUL) proteins have critical roles in development and cancer, however few studies on
CUL7 have been reported due to its characteristic molecular structure. CUL7 forms a …

Structural and functional insights into the epigenetic regulator MRG15

N Jiang, Y Li, J Jin, J Guo, Q Ding, D Meng… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2024 - nature.com
MORF4-related gene on chromosome 15 (MRG15), a chromatin remodeller, is evolutionally
conserved and ubiquitously expressed in mammalian tissues and cells. MRG15 plays vital …