The PRMT5 arginine methyltransferase: many roles in development, cancer and beyond

N Stopa, JE Krebs, D Shechter - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2015 - Springer
Post-translational arginine methylation is responsible for regulation of many biological
processes. The protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5, also known as Hsl7, Jbp1 …

Protein arginine methylation in mammals: who, what, and why

MT Bedford, SG Clarke - Molecular cell, 2009 - cell.com
The covalent marking of proteins by methyl group addition to arginine residues can promote
their recognition by binding partners or can modulate their biological activity. A small family …

[HTML][HTML] RNA and disease

TA Cooper, L Wan, G Dreyfuss - Cell, 2009 - cell.com
Cellular functions depend on numerous protein-coding and noncoding RNAs and the RNA-
binding proteins associated with them, which form ribonucleoprotein complexes (RNPs) …

Small nucleolar RNAs tell a different tale

J Kufel, P Grzechnik - Trends in Genetics, 2019 - cell.com
Transcribing RNA Polymerase II interacts with multiple factors that orchestrate maturation
and stabilisation of messenger RNA. For the majority of noncoding RNAs, the polymerase …

[HTML][HTML] Histone arginine methylation

A Di Lorenzo, MT Bedford - FEBS letters, 2011 - Elsevier
Arginine methylation is a common posttranslational modification (PTM). This type of PTM
occurs on both nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins, and is particularly abundant on shuttling …

Assembly and trafficking of box C/D and H/ACA snoRNPs

S Massenet, E Bertrand, C Verheggen - RNA biology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Box C/D and box H/ACA snoRNAs are abundant non-coding RNAs that localize in the
nucleolus and mostly function as guides for nucleotide modifications. While a large pool of …

[HTML][HTML] An SMN-dependent U12 splicing event essential for motor circuit function

F Lotti, WL Imlach, L Saieva, ES Beck, LT Hao, DK Li… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a motor neuron disease caused by deficiency of the
ubiquitous survival motor neuron (SMN) protein. To define the mechanisms of selective …

Biology of PIWI-interacting RNAs: new insights into biogenesis and function inside and outside of germlines

H Ishizu, H Siomi, MC Siomi - Genes & development, 2012 - genesdev.cshlp.org
PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are endogenous small noncoding RNAs that act as
guardians of the genome, protecting it from invasive transposable elements in the germline …

SAM-competitive PRMT5 inhibitor PF-06939999 demonstrates antitumor activity in splicing dysregulated NSCLC with decreased liability of drug resistance

K Jensen-Pergakes, J Tatlock, KA Maegley… - Molecular cancer …, 2022 - aacrjournals.org
Abstract Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) overexpression in hematologic and
solid tumors methylates arginine residues on cellular proteins involved in important cancer …

New connections between splicing and human disease

RA Padgett - Trends in Genetics, 2012 - cell.com
The removal by splicing of introns from the primary transcripts of most mammalian genes is
an essential step in gene expression. Splicing is performed by large, complex …