The multiple mechanisms that regulate p53 activity and cell fate

A Hafner, ML Bulyk, A Jambhekar… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2019 - nature.com
The tumour suppressor p53 has a central role in the response to cellular stress. Activated
p53 transcriptionally regulates hundreds of genes that are involved in multiple biological …

Mechanisms of transcriptional regulation by p53

KD Sullivan, MD Galbraith, Z Andrysik… - Cell Death & …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract p53 is a transcription factor that suppresses tumor growth through regulation of
dozens of target genes with diverse biological functions. The activity of this master …

TP53 copy number expansion is associated with the evolution of increased body size and an enhanced DNA damage response in elephants

M Sulak, L Fong, K Mika, S Chigurupati, L Yon… - elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
A major constraint on the evolution of large body sizes in animals is an increased risk of
developing cancer. There is no correlation, however, between body size and cancer risk …

A benchmark for chromatin binding measurements in live cells

D Mazza, A Abernathy, N Golob, T Morisaki… - Nucleic acids …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Live-cell measurement of protein binding to chromatin allows probing cellular biochemistry
in physiological conditions, which are difficult to mimic in vitro. However, different studies …

Emerging roles for chromatin as a signal integration and storage platform

AI Badeaux, Y Shi - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2013 - nature.com
Cells of a multicellular organism, all containing nearly identical genetic information, respond
to differentiation cues in variable ways. In addition, cells are plastic, able to execute their …

Long-range regulation of p53 DNA binding by its intrinsically disordered N-terminal transactivation domain

AS Krois, HJ Dyson, PE Wright - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Atomic resolution characterization of the full-length p53 tetramer has been hampered by its
size and the presence of extensive intrinsically disordered regions at both the N and C …

Targeting intrinsically disordered transcription factors: changing the paradigm

K Tsafou, PB Tiwari, JD Forman-Kay, SJ Metallo… - Journal of molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Increased understanding of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and protein regions has
revolutionized our view of the relationship between protein structure and function. Data now …

The p53 C terminus controls site-specific DNA binding and promotes structural changes within the central DNA binding domain

O Laptenko, I Shiff, W Freed-Pastor, A Zupnick… - Molecular cell, 2015 - cell.com
DNA binding by numerous transcription factors including the p53 tumor suppressor protein
constitutes a vital early step in transcriptional activation. While the role of the central core …

Melatonin: regulation of biomolecular condensates in neurodegenerative disorders

D Loh, RJ Reiter - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biomolecular condensates are membraneless organelles (MLOs) that form dynamic,
chemically distinct subcellular compartments organizing macromolecules such as proteins …

The tail that wags the dog: how the disordered C-terminal domain controls the transcriptional activities of the p53 tumor-suppressor protein

O Laptenko, DR Tong, J Manfredi, C Prives - Trends in biochemical …, 2016 - cell.com
The p53 tumor suppressor is a transcription factor (TF) that exerts antitumor functions
through its ability to regulate the expression of multiple genes. Within the p53 protein resides …