The oncogenic polycomb histone methyltransferase EZH2Methylates Lysine 120 on Histone H2B and competes ubiquitination

M Kogure, M Takawa, V Saloura, K Sone, L Piao… - Neoplasia, 2013 - Elsevier
The histone methyltransferase enhancer of zeste 2 (EZH2) is known to be a polycomb
protein homologous to Drosophila enhancer of zeste and catalyzes the addition of methyl …

The H2B ubiquitin-protein ligase RNF40 is required for somatic cell reprogramming

W Xie, M Miehe, S Laufer, SA Johnsen - Cell Death & Disease, 2020 - nature.com
Direct reprogramming of somatic cells to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) requires a
resetting of the epigenome in order to facilitate a cell fate transition. Previous studies have …

[HTML][HTML] Usp22 deficiency impairs intestinal epithelial lineage specification in vivo

RL Kosinsky, F Wegwitz, N Hellbach, M Dobbelstein… - Oncotarget, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epigenetic regulatory mechanisms play a central role in controlling gene expression during
development, cell differentiation and tumorigenesis. Monoubiquitination of histone H2B is …

The Bre1/Rad6 machinery: writing the central histone ubiquitin mark on H2B and beyond

ZH Deng, HS Ai, CP Lu, JB Li - Chromosome Research, 2020 - Springer
Mono-ubiquitination on H2B (H2Bub1) is an evolutionarily conserved histone post-
translational modification implicated in various important physiological processes including …

The roles of inducible chromatin and transcriptional memory in cellular defense system responses to redox-active pollutants

C Weinhouse - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
People are exposed to wide range of redox-active environmental pollutants. Air pollution,
heavy metals, pesticides, and endocrine disrupting chemicals can disrupt cellular redox …

Phosphorylation by cyclin-dependent kinase-9 controls ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme-2A function

A Shchebet, O Karpiuk, E Kremmer, D Eick… - Cell Cycle, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Cyclin-dependent kinase-9 (CDK9) plays a central role in transcriptional elongation and
controls multiple cotranscriptional histone modifications, including histone H2B …

Bre1 mediates the ubiquitination of histone H2B by regulating Lge1 stability

J Kim, YK An, S Park, JS Lee - FEBS letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Histone H2B ubiquitination mediated by the Rad6/Bre1 complex is crucial for regulating the
stability and reassembly of the nucleosome. To understand the regulatory mechanisms of …

ERK1/2‐RSK regulation of oestrogen homeostasis

EB Wright, DA Lannigan - The FEBS journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The molecular mechanisms regulating oestrogen homeostasis have been primarily studied
in the mammary gland, which is the focus of this review. In the non‐pregnant adult, the …

USP49-mediated histone H2B Deubiquitination regulates HCT116 cell proliferation through MDM2-p53 Axis

L Shi, X Shen, Y Shen - Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Posttranslational histone modifications play important roles in regulating chromatin structure
and transcriptional regulation. Histone H2B monoubiquitination (H2Bub) is an essential …

Inhibition of USP7 upregulates USP22 and activates its downstream cancer-related signaling pathways in human cancer cells

K Zhang, T Sun, W Li, Y Guo, A Li, M Hsieh… - Cell Communication and …, 2023 - Springer
Deubiquitinases (DUBs) play important roles in various human cancers and targeting DUBs
is considered as a novel anticancer therapeutic strategy. Overexpression of ubiquitin …