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 …

p53 modifications: exquisite decorations of the powerful guardian

Y Liu, O Tavana, W Gu - Journal of molecular cell biology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The last 40 years have witnessed how p53 rose from a viral binding protein to a central
factor in both stress responses and tumor suppression. The exquisite regulation of p53 …

Epigenetics and beyond: targeting writers of protein lysine methylation to treat disease

KP Bhat, H Ümit Kaniskan, J **… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Protein lysine methylation is a crucial post-translational modification that regulates the
functions of both histone and non-histone proteins. Deregulation of the enzymes or 'writers' …

p53 acetylation: regulation and consequences

SM Reed, DE Quelle - Cancers, 2014 - mdpi.com
Post-translational modifications of p53 are critical in modulating its tumor suppressive
functions. Ubiquitylation, for example, plays a major role in dictating p53 stability, subcellular …

SET for life: biochemical activities and biological functions of SET domain-containing proteins

HM Herz, A Garruss, A Shilatifard - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2013 - cell.com
SET domain-containing proteins belong to a group of enzymes named after a common
domain that utilizes the cofactor S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) to achieve methylation of …

The functional diversity of protein lysine methylation

S Lanouette, V Mongeon, D Figeys… - Molecular systems …, 2014 - embopress.org
Large‐scale characterization of post‐translational modifications (PTM s), such as
phosphorylation, acetylation and ubiquitination, has highlighted their importance in the …

Lysine methylation: beyond histones

X Zhang, H Wen, X Shi - Acta Biochim Biophys Sin, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Posttranslational modifications (PTMs) of histone proteins, such as acetylation, methylation,
phosphorylation, and ubiquitylation, play essential roles in regulating chromatin dynamics …

A methylation-phosphorylation switch determines Sox2 stability and function in ESC maintenance or differentiation

L Fang, L Zhang, W Wei, X **, P Wang, Y Tong, J Li… - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
Sox2 is a key factor for maintaining embryonic stem cell (ESS) pluripotency, but little is
known about its posttranslational regulation. Here we present evidence that the precise level …

(R)-PFI-2 is a potent and selective inhibitor of SETD7 methyltransferase activity in cells

D Barsyte-Lovejoy, F Li, MJ Oudhoff… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
SET domain containing (lysine methyltransferase) 7 (SETD7) is implicated in multiple
signaling and disease related pathways with a broad diversity of reported substrates. Here …

Emerging roles of lysine methylation on non-histone proteins

X Zhang, Y Huang, X Shi - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2015 - Springer
Lysine methylation is a common posttranslational modification (PTM) of histones that is
important for the epigenetic regulation of transcription and chromatin in eukaryotes …