Post-translational modifications in proteins: resources, tools and prediction methods

S Ramazi, J Zahiri - Database, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Posttranslational modifications (PTMs) refer to amino acid side chain modification in some
proteins after their biosynthesis. There are more than 400 different types of PTMs affecting …

Applications of proteomics in ovarian cancer: dawn of a new era

A Ghose, SVN Gullapalli, N Chohan, A Bolina… - Proteomes, 2022 - mdpi.com
The ability to identify ovarian cancer (OC) at its earliest stages remains a challenge. The
patients present an advanced stage at diagnosis. This heterogeneous disease has …

ggtree: an r package for visualization and annotation of phylogenetic trees with their covariates and other associated data

G Yu, DK Smith, H Zhu, Y Guan… - Methods in Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We present an r package, ggtree, which provides programmable visualization and
annotation of phylogenetic trees. ggtree can read more tree file formats than other softwares …

GPS 5.0: an update on the prediction of kinase-specific phosphorylation sites in proteins

C Wang, H Xu, S Lin, W Deng, J Zhou… - Genomics …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In eukaryotes, protein phosphorylation is specifically catalyzed by numerous protein kinases
(PKs), faithfully orchestrates various biological processes, and reversibly determines cellular …

Determinants of base editing outcomes from target library analysis and machine learning

M Arbab, MW Shen, B Mok, C Wilson, Ż Matuszek… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Although base editors are widely used to install targeted point mutations, the factors that
determine base editing outcomes are not well understood. We characterized sequence …

NLRP3 phosphorylation is an essential priming event for inflammasome activation

N Song, ZS Liu, W Xue, ZF Bai, QY Wang, J Dai, X Liu… - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
Many infections and stress signals can rapidly activate the NLRP3 inflammasome to elicit
robust inflammatory responses. This activation requires a priming step, which is thought to …

Targeting protein modifications in metabolic diseases: molecular mechanisms and targeted therapies

X Wu, M Xu, M Geng, S Chen, PJ Little, S Xu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
The ever-increasing prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) represents a major
public health burden worldwide. The most common form of NCD is metabolic diseases …

A central chaperone-like role for 14-3-3 proteins in human cells

D Segal, S Maier, GJ Mastromarco, WW Qian… - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
3-3 proteins are highly conserved regulatory proteins that interact with hundreds of
structurally diverse clients and act as central hubs of signaling networks. However, how 14-3 …

Molecular Evolution of Zika Virus during Its Emergence in the 20th Century

O Faye, CCM Freire, A Iamarino, O Faye… - PLoS neglected …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus first isolated in Uganda in 1947. Although
entomological and virologic surveillance have reported ZIKV enzootic activity in diverse …

Post-translational modifications of G Protein–Coupled receptors control cellular signaling dynamics in space and time

A Patwardhan, N Cheng, JA Trejo, G Schulte - Pharmacological reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) are a large family comprising> 800 signaling
receptors that regulate numerous cellular and physiologic responses. GPCRs have been …