Forging ahead through darkness: PCNA, still the principal conductor at the replication fork

KN Choe, GL Moldovan - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) lies at the center of the faithful duplication of
eukaryotic genomes. With its distinctive doughnut-shaped molecular structure, PCNA was …

Revisiting the Function of p21CDKN1A in DNA Repair: The Influence of Protein Interactions and Stability

G Ticli, O Cazzalini, LA Stivala, E Prosperi - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The p21CDKN1A protein is an important player in the maintenance of genome stability
through its function as a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, leading to cell-cycle arrest after …

STK19 positions TFIIH for cell-free transcription-coupled DNA repair

TET Mevissen, M Kümmecke, EW Schmid, L Farnung… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
In transcription-coupled nucleotide excision repair (TC-NER), stalled RNA polymerase II
(RNA Pol II) binds CSB and CRL4 CSA, which cooperate with UVSSA and ELOF1 to recruit …

DTL promotes cancer progression by PDCD4 ubiquitin-dependent degradation

H Cui, Q Wang, Z Lei, M Feng, Z Zhao, Y Wang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Ubiquitin E3 ligase CUL4A plays important oncogenic roles in the
development of cancers. DTL, one of the CUL4-DDB1 associated factors (DCAFs), may …

Base excision repair, a pathway regulated by posttranslational modifications

RJ Carter, JL Parsons - Molecular and cellular biology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Base excision repair (BER) is an essential DNA repair pathway involved in the maintenance
of genome stability and thus in the prevention of human diseases, such as premature aging …

Maneuvers on PCNA rings during DNA replication and repair

D Slade - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
DNA replication and repair are essential cellular processes that ensure genome duplication
and safeguard the genome from deleterious mutations. Both processes utilize an …

Role of base excision repair in maintaining the genetic and epigenetic integrity of CpG sites

A Bellacosa, AC Drohat - DNA repair, 2015 - Elsevier
Cytosine methylation at CpG dinucleotides is a central component of epigenetic regulation
in vertebrates, and the base excision repair (BER) pathway is important for maintaining both …

HUWE 1 interacts with PCNA to alleviate replication stress

KN Choe, CM Nicolae, D Constantin… - EMBO …, 2016 - embopress.org
Defects in DNA replication, DNA damage response, and DNA repair compromise genomic
stability and promote cancer development. In particular, unrepaired DNA lesions can arrest …

Structural basis of damage recognition by thymine DNA glycosylase: Key roles for N-terminal residues

CT Coey, SS Malik, LS Pidugu, KM Varney… - Nucleic acids …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Thymine DNA Glycosylase (TDG) is a base excision repair enzyme functioning in
DNA repair and epigenetic regulation. TDG removes thymine from mutagenic G· T mispairs …

Sequential replication-coupled destruction at G1/S ensures genome stability

KE Coleman, GD Grant, RA Haggerty… - Genes & …, 2015 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Timely ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation is fundamental to cell cycle control, but the
precise degradation order at each cell cycle phase transition is still unclear. We investigated …