Novel RING E3 ubiquitin ligases in breast cancer

A Burger, Y Amemiya, R Kitching, AK Seth - Neoplasia, 2006 - Elsevier
Defects in ubiquitin E3 ligases are implicated in the pathogenesis of several human
diseases, including cancer, because of their central role in the control of diverse signaling …

A Novel RING-Type Ubiquitin Ligase Breast Cancer-Associated Gene 2 Correlates with Outcome in Invasive Breast Cancer

AM Burger, Y Gao, Y Amemiya, HJ Kahn, R Kitching… - Cancer research, 2005 - AACR
The RING finger family of proteins possess ubiquitin ligase activity and play pivotal roles in
protein degradation and receptor-mediated endocytosis. In this study, we examined whether …

RNF144A functions as a tumor suppressor in breast cancer through ubiquitin ligase activity-dependent regulation of stability and oncogenic functions of HSPA2

YL Yang, Y Zhang, DD Li, FL Zhang, HY Liu… - Cell Death & …, 2020 - nature.com
Deregulation of E3 ubiquitin ligases is intimately implicated in breast cancer pathogenesis
and progression, but the underlying mechanisms still remain elusive. Here we report that …

RING finger ubiquitin protein ligases: implications for tumorigenesis, metastasis and for molecular targets in cancer

S Fang, KL Lorick, JP Jensen, AM Weissman - Seminars in cancer biology, 2003 - Elsevier
Covalent modification of proteins with ubiquitin regulates almost all aspects of eukaryotic
cellular function. Ubiquitin protein ligases (E3s) play central regulatory roles in that they …

RBR E3 ubiquitin ligases in tumorigenesis

P Wang, X Dai, W Jiang, Y Li, W Wei - Seminars in cancer biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract RING-in-between-RING (RBR) E3 ligases are one class of E3 ligases that is
characterized by the unique RING-HECT hybrid mechanism to function with E2s to transfer …

Roles of RNF126 and BCA2 E3 ubiquitin ligases in DNA damage repair signaling and targeted cancer therapy

R Zhang, W Liu, J Sun, Y Kong, C Chen - Pharmacological Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The dysfunction of E3 ubiquitin ligases is important in the pathogenesis of many human
diseases, as they play important roles in multiple cellular processes. In this review, we …

Molecular targeting of E3 ligases–a therapeutic approach for cancer

M Lakshmanan, U Bughani, S Duraisamy… - Expert Opinion on …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The ubiquitin-proteasomal degradation pathway plays a critical role in protein
degradation and regulates a wide variety of cellular functions. This highly conserved post …

Increased expression of the E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF5 is associated with decreased survival in breast cancer

KD Bromberg, HM Kluger, A Delaunay, S Abbas… - Cancer research, 2007 - AACR
The selective ubiquitination of proteins by ubiquitin E3 ligases plays an important regulatory
role in control of cell differentiation, growth, and transformation and their dysregulation is …

[HTML][HTML] The atypical ubiquitin ligase RNF31 stabilizes estrogen receptor α and modulates estrogen-stimulated breast cancer cell proliferation

J Zhu, C Zhao, A Kharman-Biz, T Zhuang, P Jonsson… - Oncogene, 2014 - nature.com
Estrogen receptor α (ERα) is initially expressed in the majority of breast cancers and
promotes estrogen-dependent cancer progression by regulating the transcription of genes …

[HTML][HTML] RNF8 E3 ubiquitin ligase stimulates Ubc13 E2 conjugating activity that is essential for DNA double strand break signaling and BRCA1 tumor suppressor …

CD Hodge, IH Ismail, RA Edwards, GL Hura… - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
DNA double strand break (DSB) responses depend on the sequential actions of the E3
ubiquitin ligases RNF8 and RNF168 plus E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme Ubc13 to …