Protein arginine methylation: from enigmatic functions to therapeutic targeting

Q Wu, M Schapira, CH Arrowsmith… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) are emerging as attractive therapeutic targets.
PRMTs regulate transcription, splicing, RNA biology, the DNA damage response and cell …

CARM1 arginine methyltransferase as a therapeutic target for cancer

M Santos, JW Hwang, MT Bedford - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023 - ASBMB
Coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1 (CARM1) is an arginine
methyltransferase that posttranslationally modifies proteins that regulate multiple levels of …

Development of potent and selective coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1 (CARM1) degraders

H Xie, MS Bacabac, M Ma, EJ Kim… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
CARM1 is amplified or overexpressed in many cancer types, and its overexpression
correlates with poor prognosis. Potent small-molecule inhibitors for CARM1 have been …

The NFIB/CARM1 partnership is a driver in preclinical models of small cell lung cancer

G Gao, S Hausmann, NM Flores, AM Benitez… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The coactivator associated arginine methyltransferase (CARM1) promotes transcription, as
its name implies. It does so by modifying histones and chromatin bound proteins. We …

Probing the SAM binding site of SARS-CoV-2 Nsp14 in vitro using SAM competitive inhibitors guides developing selective bisubstrate inhibitors

K Devkota, M Schapira, S Perveen… - … the Science of Drug …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly brought the healthcare systems worldwide to a
breaking point, along with devastating socioeconomic consequences. The SARS-CoV-2 …

BAF155 methylation drives metastasis by hijacking super-enhancers and subverting anti-tumor immunity

EJ Kim, P Liu, S Zhang, K Donahue… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Subunits of the chromatin remodeler SWI/SNF are the most frequently disrupted genes in
cancer. However, how post-translational modifications (PTM) of SWI/SNF subunits elicit …

Structure-guided design of a selective inhibitor of the methyltransferase KMT9 with cellular activity

S Wang, SO Klein, S Urban, M Staudt… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Inhibition of epigenetic regulators by small molecules is an attractive strategy for cancer
treatment. Recently, we characterised the role of lysine methyltransferase 9 (KMT9) in …

Validating small molecule chemical probes for biological discovery

V Vu, MM Szewczyk, DY Nie… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Small molecule chemical probes are valuable tools for interrogating protein biological
functions and relevance as a therapeutic target. Rigorous validation of chemical probe …

Single cell RNA sequencing for breast cancer: present and future

L Ren, J Li, C Wang, Z Lou, S Gao, L Zhao… - Cell Death …, 2021 - nature.com
Breast cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in women. It is a heterogeneous
disease related to genetic and environmental factors. Presently, the treatment of breast …

Targeting histone modifications in breast cancer: a precise weapon on the way

W Li, H Wu, S Sui, Q Wang, S Xu… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Histone modifications (HMs) contribute to maintaining genomic stability, transcription, DNA
repair, and modulating chromatin in cancer cells. Furthermore, HMs are dynamic and …