Post‐translational modifications of histones: Mechanisms, biological functions, and therapeutic targets

R Liu, J Wu, H Guo, W Yao, S Li, Y Lu, Y Jia… - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Histones are DNA‐binding basic proteins found in chromosomes. After the histone
translation, its amino tail undergoes various modifications, such as methylation, acetylation …

Oncometabolites drive tumorigenesis by enhancing protein acylation: from chromosomal remodelling to nonhistone modification

Y Fu, J Yu, F Li, S Ge - Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer …, 2022 - Springer
Metabolites are intermediate products of cellular metabolism catalysed by various enzymes.
Metabolic remodelling, as a biochemical fingerprint of cancer cells, causes abnormal …

HDAC1/2/3 are major histone desuccinylases critical for promoter desuccinylation

J Li, L Lu, L Liu, X Ren, J Chen, X Yin, Y Xiao, J Li… - Cell Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Lysine succinylation is one of the major post-translational modifications occurring on
histones and is believed to have significant roles in regulating chromatin structure and …

HBO1 catalyzes lysine lactylation and mediates histone H3K9la to regulate gene transcription

Z Niu, C Chen, S Wang, C Lu, Z Wu, A Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Lysine lactylation (Kla) links metabolism and gene regulation and plays a key role in
multiple biological processes. However, the regulatory mechanism and functional …

[HTML][HTML] Crotonylation and disease: Current progress and future perspectives

P Yang, Y Qin, L Zeng, Y He, Y Xie, X Cheng… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Histone lysine crotonylation was first identified as a new type of post-translational
modification in 2011. In recent years, prominent progress has been made in the study of …

HBO1 catalyzes lysine benzoylation in mammalian cells

D Tan, W Wei, Z Han, X Ren, C Yan, S Qi, X Song… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Lysine benzoylation (Kbz) is a newly discovered protein post-translational modification
(PTM). This PTM can be stimulated by benzoate and contributes to gene expression …

Legionella para-effectors target chromatin and promote bacterial replication

D Schator, S Mondino, J Berthelet, C Di Silvestre… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Legionella pneumophila replicates intracellularly by secreting effectors via a type IV
secretion system. One of these effectors is a eukaryotic methyltransferase (RomA) that …

Fatty Acids Support the Fitness and Functionality of Tumor-Resident CD8+ T Cells by Maintaining SCML4 Expression

M Feng, X Liu, X Hao, Y Ren, G Dong, J Tian, Y Wang… - Cancer Research, 2023 - AACR
CD8+ tissue-resident memory T (Trm) cells and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) regulate
tumor immunity and immune surveillance. Characterization of Trm cells and TILs could help …

DNA replication: Mechanisms and therapeutic interventions for diseases

HY Song, R Shen, H Mahasin, YN Guo, DG Wang - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate and integral cellular DNA replication is modulated by multiple replication‐
associated proteins, which is fundamental to preserve genome stability. Furthermore …

[HTML][HTML] Functions and mechanisms of protein lysine butyrylation (Kbu): Therapeutic implications in human diseases

Q Xue, Y Yang, H Li, X Li, L Zou, T Li, H Ma, H Qi… - Genes & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Post-translational modifications (PTM) are covalent modifications of proteins or peptides
caused by proteolytic cleavage or the attachment of moieties to one or more amino acids …