Advancing targeted protein degradation for cancer therapy

B Dale, M Cheng, KS Park, HÜ Kaniskan… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The human proteome contains approximately 20,000 proteins, and it is estimated that more
than 600 of them are functionally important for various types of cancers, including nearly 400 …

Ubiquitin ligases: structure, function, and regulation

N Zheng, N Shabek - Annual review of biochemistry, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Ubiquitin E3 ligases control every aspect of eukaryotic biology by promoting protein
ubiquitination and degradation. At the end of a three-enzyme cascade, ubiquitin ligases …

DELTEX E3 ligases ubiquitylate ADP-ribosyl modification on protein substrates

K Zhu, MJ Suskiewicz, A Hloušek-Kasun, H Meudal… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Ubiquitylation had been considered limited to protein lysine residues, but other substrates
have recently emerged. Here, we show that DELTEX E3 ligases specifically target the 3 …

Structural insights into the catalysis and regulation of E3 ubiquitin ligases

L Buetow, DT Huang - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2016 - nature.com
Covalent attachment (conjugation) of one or more ubiquitin molecules to protein substrates
governs numerous eukaryotic cellular processes, including apoptosis, cell division and …

Ubiquitin-like protein conjugation: structures, chemistry, and mechanism

L Cappadocia, CD Lima - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Ubiquitin-like proteins (Ubl's) are conjugated to target proteins or lipids to regulate their
activity, stability, subcellular localization, or macromolecular interactions. Similar to ubiquitin …

PEX5 translocation into and out of peroxisomes drives matrix protein import

ML Skowyra, TA Rapoport - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Peroxisomes are ubiquitous organelles whose dysfunction causes fatal human diseases.
Most peroxisomal enzymes are imported from the cytosol by the receptor PEX5, which …

E2 enzymes: more than just middle men

MD Stewart, T Ritterhoff, RE Klevit, PS Brzovic - Cell research, 2016 - nature.com
Ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes (E2s) are the central players in the trio of enzymes
responsible for the attachment of ubiquitin (Ub) to cellular proteins. Humans have∼ 40 E2s …

NEDD8 nucleates a multivalent cullin–RING–UBE2D ubiquitin ligation assembly

K Baek, DT Krist, JR Prabu, S Hill, M Klügel… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Eukaryotic cell biology depends on cullin–RING E3 ligase (CRL)-catalysed protein
ubiquitylation, which is tightly controlled by the modification of cullin with the ubiquitin-like …

Structural basis of human transcription–DNA repair coupling

G Kokic, FR Wagner, A Chernev, H Urlaub, P Cramer - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Transcription-coupled DNA repair removes bulky DNA lesions from the genome, and
protects cells against ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. Transcription-coupled DNA repair begins …

Mechanism of degrader-targeted protein ubiquitinability

C Crowe, MA Nakasone, S Chandler, C Craigon… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Small-molecule degraders of disease-driving proteins offer a clinically proven modality with
enhanced therapeutic efficacy and potential to tackle previously undrugged targets. Stable …