Pleckstrin homology (PH) domains and phosphoinositides

MA Lemmon - Biochemical Society Symposia, 2007 - portlandpress.com
PH (pleckstrin homology) domains represent the 11th most common domain in the human
proteome. They are best known for their ability to bind phosphoinositides with high affinity …

[HTML][HTML] An assembly chaperone collaborates with the SMN complex to generate spliceosomal SnRNPs

A Chari, MM Golas, M Klingenhäger, N Neuenkirchen… - Cell, 2008 - cell.com
Spliceosomal small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) are essential components of the
nuclear pre-mRNA processing machinery. A hallmark of these particles is a ring-shaped …

[PDF][PDF] Molecular basis for substrate recruitment to the PRMT5 methylosome

KM Mulvaney, C Blomquist, N Acharya, R Li… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
PRMT5 is an essential arginine methyltransferase and a therapeutic target in MTAP-null
cancers. PRMT5 uses adaptor proteins for substrate recruitment through a previously …

Novel regulatory principles of the spliceosomal Brr2 RNA helicase and links to retinal disease in humans

S Mozaffari-Jovin, T Wandersleben, KF Santos… - RNA biology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
For each round of pre-mRNA splicing, a spliceosome is assembled anew on its substrate.
RNA–protein remodeling events required for spliceosome assembly, splicing catalysis, and …

[PDF][PDF] Structural basis of assembly chaperone-mediated snRNP formation

C Grimm, A Chari, JP Pelz, J Kuper, C Kisker… - Molecular cell, 2013 - cell.com
Small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) represent key constituents of major and minor
spliceosomes. snRNPs contain a common core, composed of seven Sm proteins bound to …

Role of pICLn in methylation of Sm proteins by PRMT5

GS Pesiridis, E Diamond, GD Van Duyne - Journal of biological chemistry, 2009 - ASBMB
pICln is an essential, highly conserved 26-kDa protein whose functions include binding to
Sm proteins in the cytoplasm of human cells and mediating the ordered and regulated …

Binding cavities and druggability of intrinsically disordered proteins

Y Zhang, H Cao, Z Liu - Protein science, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
To assess the potential of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) as drug design targets, we
have analyzed the ligand‐binding cavities of two datasets of IDPs (containing 37 and 16 …

[HTML][HTML] O-GlcNAcylation Suppresses the Ion Current IClswell by Preventing the Binding of the Protein ICln to α-Integrin

R Costa, A Remigante, DA Civello… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
O-GlcNAcylation is a post-translational modification of proteins that controls a variety of
cellular processes, is chronically elevated in diabetes mellitus, and may contribute to the …

An essential role of the autophagy activating kinase ULK1 in snRNP biogenesis

K Schmitz, J Cox, LM Esser, M Voss… - Nucleic Acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The biogenesis of small uridine-rich nuclear ribonucleoproteins (UsnRNPs) depends on the
methylation of Sm proteins catalyzed by the methylosome and the subsequent action of the …

The protein meta-structure: a novel concept for chemical and molecular biology

R Konrat - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2009 - Springer
The ultimate goal of bioinformatics or computational chemical biology is the sequence-
based prediction of protein functionality. However, due to the degeneracy of the primary …