DNA hypermethylation in disease: mechanisms and clinical relevance

M Ehrlich - Epigenetics, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Increasing numbers of studies implicate abnormal DNA methylation in cancer and many non-
malignant diseases. This is consistent with numerous findings about differentiation …

Allosteric control of mammalian DNA methyltransferases–a new regulatory paradigm

A Jeltsch, RZ Jurkowska - Nucleic acids research, 2016 - academic.oup.com
In mammals, DNA methylation is introduced by the DNMT1, DNMT3A and DNMT3B
methyltransferases, which are all large multi-domain proteins containing a catalytic C …

Neuroinflammation inhibition by small-molecule targeting USP7 noncatalytic domain for neurodegenerative disease therapy

XW Zhang, N Feng, YC Liu, Q Guo, JK Wang… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Neuroinflammation is a fundamental contributor to progressive neuronal damage, which
arouses a heightened interest in neurodegenerative disease therapy. Ubiquitin-specific …

[HTML][HTML] USP7 small-molecule inhibitors interfere with ubiquitin binding

L Kategaya, P Di Lello, L Rougé, R Pastor, KR Clark… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The ubiquitin system regulates essential cellular processes in eukaryotes. Ubiquitin is
ligated to substrate proteins as monomers or chains and the topology of ubiquitin …

Mammalian DNA methyltransferases: new discoveries and open questions

H Gowher, A Jeltsch - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2018 - portlandpress.com
As part of the epigenetic network, DNA methylation is a major regulator of chromatin
structure and function. In mammals, it mainly occurs at palindromic CpG sites, but …

Two distinct modes of DNMT1 recruitment ensure stable maintenance DNA methylation

A Nishiyama, CB Mulholland, S Bultmann… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Stable inheritance of DNA methylation is critical for maintaining differentiated phenotypes in
multicellular organisms. We have recently identified dual mono-ubiquitylation of histone H3 …

USP7 is a master regulator of genome stability

GJ Valles, I Bezsonova, R Woodgate… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Genetic alterations, including DNA mutations and chromosomal abnormalities, are primary
drivers of tumor formation and cancer progression. These alterations can endow cells with a …

Chromatin regulation through ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like histone modifications

RM Vaughan, A Kupai, SB Rothbart - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2021 - cell.com
Chromatin functions are influenced by the addition, removal, and recognition of histone post-
translational modifications (PTMs). Ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like (UBL) PTMs on histone …

USP7: Structure, substrate specificity, and inhibition

A Pozhidaeva, I Bezsonova - DNA repair, 2019 - Elsevier
Turnover of cellular proteins is regulated by Ubiquitin Proteasome System (UPS).
Components of this pathway, including the proteasome, ubiquitinating enzymes and …

USP7: novel drug target in cancer therapy

Z Wang, W Kang, Y You, J Pang, H Ren… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Ubiquitin specific protease 7 (USP7) is one of the deubiquitinating enzymes (DUB) that
erases ubiquitin and protects substrate protein from degradation. Full activity of USP7 …