Chemical synthesis of human proteoforms and application in biomedicine

H Ai, M Pan, L Liu - ACS Central Science, 2024 - ACS Publications
Limited understanding of human proteoforms with complex posttranslational modifications
and the underlying mechanisms poses a major obstacle to research on human health and …

Recent advances in chemical protein synthesis: method developments and biological applications

S Dong, JS Zheng, Y Li, H Wang, G Chen… - Science China …, 2024 - Springer
The central dogma of modern biology underscores the pivotal roles proteins play in diverse
biological processes, the study of which necessitates advanced methods to produce …

Cancer-associated DNA hypermethylation of Polycomb targets requires DNMT3A dual recognition of histone H2AK119 ubiquitination and the nucleosome acidic …

KH Gretarsson, S Abini-Agbomson, SL Gloor… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
During tumor development, promoter CpG islands that are normally silenced by Polycomb
repressive complexes (PRCs) become DNA-hypermethylated. The molecular mechanism by …

Structural and mechanistic basis for nucleosomal H2AK119 deubiquitination by single-subunit deubiquitinase USP16

H Ai, Z He, Z Deng, GC Chu, Q Shi, Z Tong… - Nature Structural & …, 2024 - nature.com
Epigenetic regulators have a crucial effect on gene expression based on their manipulation
of histone modifications. Histone H2AK119 monoubiquitination (H2AK119Ub), a well …

The N-terminal region of DNMT3A engages the nucleosome surface to aid chromatin recruitment

H Wapenaar, G Clifford, W Rolls, M Pasquier… - EMBO …, 2024 - embopress.org
Abstract DNA methyltransferase 3A (DNMT3A) plays a critical role in establishing and
maintaining DNA methylation patterns in vertebrates. Here we structurally and biochemically …

Cell-of-origin epigenome underlies SS18:: SSX-mediated transformation

LA Hill, RW Scott, LA Martin, M Arostegui, G Davenport… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Synovial sarcoma is an aggressive soft-tissue malignancy that is characterized by a
pathognomonic t (X; 18)(p11. 2; q11. 2) translocation, which produces the fusion oncogene …

Condensate remodeling reorganizes innate SS18 in synovial sarcomagenesis

P Li, Z Zhai, Y Fan, W Li, M Ke, X Li, H Gao, Y Fu, Z Ma… - Oncogenesis, 2024 - nature.com
SS18-SSX onco-fusion protein formed through aberrant chromosomal translocation t (X, 18;
p11, q11), is the hallmark and plays a critical role in synovial sarcomagenesis. The recent …

[HTML][HTML] Synovial Sarcoma Chromatin Dynamics Reveal a Continuum in SS18: SSX Reprograming

J Hofvander, A Qiu, K Lee, M Bilenky, A Carles, Q Cao… - BioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Synovial sarcoma (SyS) is an aggressive soft-tissue malignancy characterized by a
pathognomonic chromosomal translocation leading to the formation of the SS18:: SSX …

Epigenetic determinants of fusion-driven sarcomas: paradigms and challenges

BZ Stanton, S Pomella - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
We describe exciting recent advances in fusion-driven sarcoma etiology, from an
epigenetics perspective. By exploring the current state of the field, we identify and describe …

RAD18-catalysed formation of ubiquitination intermediate mimic of proliferating cell nuclear antigen PCNA

L Zhang, Z Deng, Y Du, Z Xu, T Zhang, Z Tong… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The 2-((2-chloroethyl) amino) ethane-1-thiol (CAET)-based chemical trapping
strategy is a practical tool for mechanistic studies of E3-catalysed ubiquitination. However …