PIWI-interacting RNAs: small RNAs with big functions

DM Ozata, I Gainetdinov, A Zoch, D O'Carroll… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
In animals, PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) of 21–35 nucleotides in length silence
transposable elements, regulate gene expression and fight viral infection. piRNAs guide …

B vitamins and one-carbon metabolism: implications in human health and disease

P Lyon, V Strippoli, B Fang, L Cimmino - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Vitamins B9 (folate) and B12 are essential water-soluble vitamins that play a crucial role in
the maintenance of one-carbon metabolism: a set of interconnected biochemical pathways …

Roles and regulation of histone methylation in animal development

A Jambhekar, A Dhall, Y Shi - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Histone methylation can occur at various sites in histone proteins, primarily on lysine and
arginine residues, and it can be governed by multiple positive and negative regulators, even …

Cellular pathways influenced by protein arginine methylation: Implications for cancer

J Xu, S Richard - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
Arginine methylation is an influential post-translational modification occurring on histones,
RNA binding proteins, and many other cellular proteins, affecting their function by altering …

[HTML][HTML] Phase transition of a disordered nuage protein generates environmentally responsive membraneless organelles

TJ Nott, E Petsalaki, P Farber, D Jervis, E Fussner… - Molecular cell, 2015 - cell.com
Cells chemically isolate molecules in compartments to both facilitate and regulate their
interactions. In addition to membrane-encapsulated compartments, cells can form …

RGG/RG motif regions in RNA binding and phase separation

PA Chong, RM Vernon, JD Forman-Kay - Journal of molecular biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract RGG/RG motifs are RNA binding segments found in many proteins that can partition
into membraneless organelles. They occur in the context of low-complexity disordered …

Serine, glycine and one-carbon units: cancer metabolism in full circle

JW Locasale - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
One-carbon metabolism involving the folate and methionine cycles integrates nutritional
status from amino acids, glucose and vitamins, and generates diverse outputs, such as the …

PIWI-interacting RNA: its biogenesis and functions

YW Iwasaki, MC Siomi, H Siomi - Annual review of biochemistry, 2015 - annualreviews.org
PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are a class of small RNAs that are 24–31 nucleotides in
length. They associate with PIWI proteins, which constitute a germline-specific subclade of …

Protein arginine methyltransferases and cancer

Y Yang, MT Bedford - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
There are nine protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) encoded in mammalian
genomes, the protein products of which catalyse three types of arginine methylation …

Non-histone protein methylation as a regulator of cellular signalling and function

KK Biggar, SSC Li - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract Methylation of Lys and Arg residues on non-histone proteins has emerged as a
prevalent post-translational modification and as an important regulator of cellular signal …