CARM1/PRMT4: making its mark beyond its function as a transcriptional coactivator

S Suresh, S Huard, T Dubois - Trends in cell biology, 2021 - cell.com
Coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1 (CARM1), identified 20 years ago as a
coregulator of transcription, is an enzyme that catalyzes arginine methylation of proteins …

Biochemistry and regulation of the protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs)

Y Morales, T Cáceres, K May, JM Hevel - Archives of biochemistry and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Many key cellular processes can be regulated by the seemingly simple addition of one, or
two, methyl groups to arginine residues by the nine known mammalian protein arginine …

[HTML][HTML] CARM1 methylates chromatin remodeling factor BAF155 to enhance tumor progression and metastasis

L Wang, Z Zhao, MB Meyer, S Saha, M Yu, A Guo… - Cancer cell, 2014 - cell.com
Coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1 (CARM1), a coactivator for various
cancer-relevant transcription factors, is overexpressed in breast cancer. To elucidate the …

[HTML][HTML] Mammalian protein arginine methyltransferase 7 (PRMT7) specifically targets RXR sites in lysine-and arginine-rich regions

Y Feng, R Maity, JP Whitelegge, A Hadjikyriacou… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
The mammalian protein arginine methyltransferase 7 (PRMT7) has been implicated in roles
of transcriptional regulation, DNA damage repair, RNA splicing, cell differentiation, and …

Arginine methylation‐dependent LSD1 stability promotes invasion and metastasis of breast cancer

J Liu, J Feng, L Li, L Lin, J Ji, C Lin, L Liu, N Zhang… - EMBO …, 2020 - embopress.org
Abstract Histone lysine demethylase 1 (LSD 1), the first identified histone demethylase, is
overexpressed in multiple tumor types, including breast cancer. However, the mechanisms …

[HTML][HTML] The dystrophin glycoprotein complex regulates the epigenetic activation of muscle stem cell commitment

NC Chang, MC Sincennes, FP Chevalier, CE Brun… - Cell Stem Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Asymmetrically dividing muscle stem cells in skeletal muscle give rise to committed cells,
where the myogenic determination factor Myf5 is transcriptionally activated by Pax7. This …

[HTML][HTML] Role of PRMTs in cancer: Could minor isoforms be leaving a mark?

RM Baldwin, A Morettin, J Côté - World journal of biological …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) catalyze the methylation of a variety of protein
substrates, many of which have been linked to the development, progression and …

Role of histone-modifying enzymes and their complexes in regulation of chromatin biology

R DesJarlais, PJ Tummino - Biochemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
In 1964, Alfrey and colleagues proposed that acetylation and methylation of histones may
regulate RNA synthesis and described “the possibility that relatively minor modifications of …

[HTML][HTML] Protein arginine methylation in viral infection and antiviral immunity

K Zheng, S Chen, Z Ren, Y Wang - International journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Protein arginine methyltransferase (PRMT)-mediated arginine methylation is an important
post-transcriptional modification that regulates various cellular processes including …

MED12 methylation by CARM1 sensitizes human breast cancer cells to chemotherapy drugs

L Wang, H Zeng, Q Wang, Z Zhao, TG Boyer, X Bian… - Science …, 2015 - science.org
The RNA polymerase II mediator complex subunit 12 (MED12) is frequently mutated in
human cancers, and loss of MED12 has been shown to induce drug resistance through …