E3 ubiquitin ligases: styles, structures and functions

Q Yang, J Zhao, D Chen, Y Wang - Molecular biomedicine, 2021 - Springer
E3 ubiquitin ligases are a large family of enzymes that join in a three-enzyme ubiquitination
cascade together with ubiquitin activating enzyme E1 and ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2 …

HECT E3 ligases: a tale with multiple facets

J Weber, S Polo, E Maspero - Frontiers in physiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Ubiquitination plays a pivotal role in several cellular processes and is critical for protein
degradation and signaling. E3 ubiquitin ligases are the matchmakers in the ubiquitination …

S100A9-CXCL12 activation in BRCA1-mutant breast cancer promotes an immunosuppressive microenvironment associated with resistance to immunotherapy

J Li, X Shu, J Xu, SM Su, UI Chan, L Mo, J Liu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) is a powerful approach for cancer therapy although good
responses are only observed in a fraction of cancer patients. Breast cancers caused by …

Ubiquitination by HUWE1 in tumorigenesis and beyond

SH Kao, HT Wu, KJ Wu - Journal of biomedical science, 2018 - Springer
Ubiquitination modulates a large repertoire of cellular functions and thus, dysregulation of
the ubiquitin system results in multiple human diseases, including cancer. Ubiquitination …

The LARGE2-APO1/APO2 regulatory module controls panicle size and grain number in rice

L Huang, K Hua, R Xu, D Zeng, R Wang, G Dong… - The Plant …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Panicle size and grain number are important agronomic traits and influence grain yield in
rice (Oryza sativa), but the molecular and genetic mechanisms underlying panicle size and …

The BRCA1/BARD1 ubiquitin ligase and its substrates

SR Witus, MD Stewart, RE Klevit - Biochemical Journal, 2021 - portlandpress.com
Mutations in breast cancer type 1 susceptibility protein (BRCA1) and its heterodimeric
binding partner BARD1 confer a high risk for the development of breast and ovarian …

Solenoid architecture of HUWE1 contributes to ligase activity and substrate recognition

M Hunkeler, CY **, MW Ma, JK Monda, D Overwijn… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
HECT ubiquitin ligases play essential roles in metazoan development and physiology. The
HECT ligase HUWE1 is central to the cellular stress response by mediating degradation of …

HUWE1 employs a giant substrate-binding ring to feed and regulate its HECT E3 domain

DB Grabarczyk, OA Petrova, L Deszcz… - Nature chemical …, 2021 - nature.com
HUWE1 is a universal quality-control E3 ligase that marks diverse client proteins for
proteasomal degradation. Although the giant HECT enzyme is an essential component of …

LncRNA H19 Regulates Breast Cancer DNA Damage Response and Sensitivity to PARP Inhibitors via Binding to ILF2

J Zhao, J Xu, M Wu, W Wang, M Wang, L Yang… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although DNA damage repair plays a critical role in cancer chemotherapy, the function of
lncRNAs in this process remains largely unclear. In this study, in silico screening identified …

Regulation of c-Myc expression by the histone demethylase JMJD1A is essential for prostate cancer cell growth and survival

L Fan, G Peng, N Sahgal, L Fazli, M Gleave, Y Zhang… - Oncogene, 2016 - nature.com
The histone demethylase JMJD1A, which controls gene expression by epigenetic regulation
of H3K9 methylation marks, functions in diverse activities, including spermatogenesis …