Biological functions of chromobox (CBX) proteins in stem cell self-renewal, lineage-commitment, cancer and development

AJ van Wijnen, L Bagheri, AA Badreldin, AN Larson… - Bone, 2021 - Elsevier
Epigenetic regulatory proteins support mammalian development, cancer, aging and tissue
repair by controlling many cellular processes including stem cell self-renewal, lineage …

Role of K63-linked ubiquitination in cancer

L Cao, X Liu, B Zheng, C Xing, J Liu - Cell death discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Ubiquitination is a critical type of post-translational modifications, of which K63-linked
ubiquitination regulates interaction, translocation, and activation of proteins. In recent years …

PRC1 catalytic activity is central to polycomb system function

NP Blackledge, NA Fursova, JR Kelley, MK Huseyin… - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
The Polycomb repressive system is an essential chromatin-based regulator of gene
expression. Despite being extensively studied, how the Polycomb system selects its target …

USP22 functions as an oncogenic driver in prostate cancer by regulating cell proliferation and DNA repair

JJ McCann, IA Vasilevskaya, N Poudel Neupane… - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
Emerging evidence indicates the deubiquitinase USP22 regulates transcriptional activation
and modification of target substrates to promote pro-oncogenic phenotypes. Here, in vivo …

[HTML][HTML] DNA double-strand break repair: Putting zinc fingers on the sore spot

JK Singh, H van Attikum - Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Zinc-Finger (ZnF) proteins represent one of the most abundant group of proteins in
the human genome. At first characterized as DNA binding proteins, it has become …

[HTML][HTML] The intrinsically disordered, epigenetic factor RYBP binds to the citrullinating enzyme PADI4 in cancer cells

S Araujo-Abad, M Fuentes-Baile, B Rizzuti… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
RYBP (Ring1 and YY 1 binding protein) is a multifunctional, intrinsically disordered protein
(IDP), best described as a transcriptional regulator. It exhibits a ubiquitin-binding …

PRC1-independent binding and activity of RYBP on the KSHV genome during de novo infection

SC Lee, Z Toth - PLoS Pathogens, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is an oncogenic virus that causes lifelong
infection in humans by establishing latency after primary infection. Latent infection is a …

Chromatin ubiquitination Guides DNA double strand break signaling and repair

KG Kolobynina, A Rapp, MC Cardoso - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Chromatin is the context for all DNA-based molecular processes taking place in the cell
nucleus. The initial chromatin structure at the site of the DNA damage determines both …

Probing protein ubiquitination in live cells

W Qin, C Steinek, K Kolobynina, I Forné… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The reversible attachment of ubiquitin governs the interaction, activity and degradation of
proteins whereby the type and target of this conjugation determine the biological response …

The ubiquitin ligase RNF138 cooperates with CtIP to stimulate resection of complex DNA double-strand breaks in human G1-phase cells

NB Averbeck, C Barent, B Jakob, T Syzonenko… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) represent the molecular origin of ionizing-radiation
inflicted biological effects. An increase in the ionization density causes more complex …