Targeting DNA damage response pathways in cancer

FJ Groelly, M Fawkes, RA Dagg, AN Blackford… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Cells have evolved a complex network of biochemical pathways, collectively known as the
DNA damage response (DDR), to prevent detrimental mutations from being passed on to …

Deubiquitinases: From mechanisms to their inhibition by small molecules

SM Lange, LA Armstrong, Y Kulathu - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Deubiquitinases (DUBs) are specialized proteases that remove ubiquitin from substrates or
cleave within ubiquitin chains to regulate ubiquitylation and therefore play important roles in …

Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs): Regulation, homeostasis, and oxidative stress response

NA Snyder, GM Silva - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021 - jbc.org
Ubiquitin signaling is a conserved, widespread, and dynamic process in which protein
substrates are rapidly modified by ubiquitin to impact protein activity, localization, or stability …

Deubiquitylating enzymes and drug discovery: emerging opportunities

JA Harrigan, X Jacq, NM Martin… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2018 - nature.com
More than a decade after a Nobel Prize was awarded for the discovery of the ubiquitin–
proteasome system and clinical approval of proteasome and ubiquitin E3 ligase inhibitors …

The Fanconi anemia pathway in cancer

J Niraj, A Färkkilä, AD D'Andrea - Annual review of cancer …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Fanconi anemia (FA) is a complex genetic disorder characterized by bone marrow failure
(BMF), congenital defects, inability to repair DNA interstrand cross-links (ICLs), and cancer …

Mechanisms of deubiquitinase specificity and regulation

TET Mevissen, D Komander - Annual review of biochemistry, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Protein ubiquitination is one of the most powerful posttranslational modifications of proteins,
as it regulates a plethora of cellular processes in distinct manners. Simple …

The Fanconi anaemia pathway: new players and new functions

R Ceccaldi, P Sarangi, AD D'Andrea - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2016 - nature.com
The Fanconi anaemia pathway repairs DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) in the genome. Our
understanding of this complex pathway is still evolving, as new components continue to be …

Fanconi anemia: current insights regarding epidemiology, cancer, and DNA repair

JD Peake, E Noguchi - Human genetics, 2022 - Springer
Fanconi anemia is a genetic disorder that is characterized by bone marrow failure, as well
as a predisposition to malignancies including leukemia and squamous cell carcinoma …

Mechanisms of vertebrate DNA interstrand cross-link repair

DR Semlow, JC Walter - Annual review of biochemistry, 2021 - annualreviews.org
DNA interstrand cross-links (ICLs) covalently connect the two strands of the double helix and
are extremely cytotoxic. Defective ICL repair causes the bone marrow failure and cancer …

The DNA damage response: making it safe to play with knives

A Ciccia, SJ Elledge - Molecular cell, 2010 - cell.com
Damage to our genetic material is an ongoing threat to both our ability to faithfully transmit
genetic information to our offspring as well as our own survival. To respond to these threats …