Targeted protein degradation: mechanisms, strategies and application

L Zhao, J Zhao, K Zhong, A Tong, D Jia - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Traditional drug discovery mainly focuses on direct regulation of protein activity. The
development and application of protein activity modulators, particularly inhibitors, has been …

E3 ligases and deubiquitinating enzymes regulating the MAPK signaling pathway in cancers

HB Park, KH Baek - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2022 - Elsevier
The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway is the primary regulatory
module of various cellular processes such as cell proliferation, differentiation, and stress …

FTO-dependent m6A modification of Plpp3 in circSCMH1-regulated vascular repair and functional recovery following stroke

B Li, W Xi, Y Bai, X Liu, Y Zhang, L Li, L Bian… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Vascular repair is considered a key restorative measure to improve long-term outcomes after
ischemic stroke. N 6-methyladenosine (m6A), the most prevalent internal modification in …

The RING finger protein family in health and disease

C Cai, YD Tang, J Zhai, C Zheng - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2022 - nature.com
Ubiquitination is a highly conserved and fundamental posttranslational modification (PTM) in
all eukaryotes regulating thousands of proteins. The RING (really interesting new gene) …

Protein posttranslational modifications in health and diseases: Functions, regulatory mechanisms, and therapeutic implications

Q Zhong, X Xiao, Y Qiu, Z Xu, C Chen, B Chong… - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Protein posttranslational modifications (PTMs) refer to the breaking or generation of covalent
bonds on the backbones or amino acid side chains of proteins and expand the diversity of …

PUB25 and PUB26 dynamically modulate ICE1 stability via differential ubiquitination during cold stress in Arabidopsis

X Wang, X Zhang, CP Song, Z Gong, S Yang… - The Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Ubiquitination modulates protein turnover or activity depending on the number and location
of attached ubiquitin (Ub) moieties. Proteins marked by a lysine 48 (K48)–linked …

Renal damage induced by cadmium and its possible therapy by mitochondrial transplantation

EY Hernández-Cruz, I Amador-Martínez… - Chemico-biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) is one of the most toxic metals without biological function, and its
accumulation in living organisms has been reported. The kidney is a target organ in Cd …

The proteasome: A key modulator of nervous system function, brain aging, and neurodegenerative disease

K Davidson, AM Pickering - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The proteasome is a large multi-subunit protease responsible for the degradation and
removal of oxidized, misfolded, and polyubiquitinated proteins. The proteasome plays …

USP2 promotes tumor immune evasion via deubiquitination and stabilization of PD-L1

Z Kuang, X Liu, N Zhang, J Dong, C Sun… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
The abnormal upregulation of programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) on tumor cells impedes
T-cell mediated cytotoxicity through PD-1 engagement, and further exploring the …

Targeting the ubiquitin-proteasome system for cancer therapeutics by small-molecule inhibitors

G LaPlante, W Zhang - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The ubiquitin-proteasome system regulates multiple facets of protein
homeostasis to modulate signal transduction in numerous biological processes. Not …