Human RecQ helicases in DNA repair, recombination, and replication

DL Croteau, V Popuri, PL Opresko… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
RecQ helicases are an important family of genome surveillance proteins conserved from
bacteria to humans. Each of the five human RecQ helicases plays critical roles in genome …

Fanconi anemia-independent DNA inter-strand crosslink repair in eukaryotes

CM Rogers, RH Simmons III, GEF Thornburg… - Progress in Biophysics …, 2020 - Elsevier
DNA inter-strand crosslinks (ICLs) are dangerous lesions that can be caused by a variety of
endogenous and exogenous bifunctional compounds. Because covalently linking both …

RECQL4 promotes DNA end resection in repair of DNA double-strand breaks

H Lu, RA Shamanna, G Keijzers, R Anand… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
The RecQ helicase RECQL4, mutated in Rothmund-Thomson syndrome, regulates genome
stability, aging, and cancer. Here, we identify a crucial role for RECQL4 in DNA end …

RECQ helicase RECQL4 participates in non-homologous end joining and interacts with the Ku complex

RA Shamanna, DK Singh, H Lu, G Mirey… - …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
RECQL4, a member of the RecQ helicase family, is a multifunctional participant in DNA
metabolism. RECQL4 protein participates in several functions both in the nucleus and in the …

Senescence induced by RECQL4 dysfunction contributes to Rothmund–Thomson syndrome features in mice

H Lu, EF Fang, P Sykora, T Kulikowicz, Y Zhang… - Cell death & …, 2014 - nature.com
Cellular senescence refers to irreversible growth arrest of primary eukaryotic cells, a process
thought to contribute to aging-related degeneration and disease. Deficiency of RecQ …

Molecular mechanisms of the RECQ4 pathogenic mutations

X Xu, CW Chang, M Li, C Liu, Y Liu - Frontiers in molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The human RECQ4 gene encodes an ATP-dependent DNA helicase that contains a
conserved superfamily II helicase domain located at the center of the polypeptide. RECQ4 is …

Aging in Rothmund-Thomson syndrome and related RECQL4 genetic disorders

L Lu, W **, LL Wang - Ageing research reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome (RTS) is a rare autosomal recessive disease which
manifests several clinical features of accelerated aging. These findings include atrophic skin …

Rothmund-Thomson syndrome: insights from new patients on the genetic variability underpinning clinical presentation and cancer outcome

EA Colombo, A Locatelli, L Cubells Sanchez… - International Journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Biallelic mutations in RECQL4 gene, a caretaker of the genome, cause Rothmund-Thomson
type-II syndrome (RTS-II) and confer increased cancer risk if they damage the helicase …

[HTML][HTML] Interaction of RECQ4 and MCM10 is important for efficient DNA replication origin firing in human cells

M Kliszczak, H Sedlackova, GP Pitchai, WW Streicher… - Oncotarget, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
DNA replication is a highly coordinated process that is initiated at multiple replication origins
in eukaryotes. These origins are bound by the origin recognition complex (ORC), which …

RECQ DNA helicases and osteosarcoma

L Lu, W **, H Liu, LL Wang - Current Advances in Osteosarcoma, 2014 - Springer
The RECQ family of DNA helicases is a conserved group of enzymes that are important for
maintaining genomic integrity. In humans, there are five RECQ helicase genes, and …