Chemical synthesis of human proteoforms and application in biomedicine

H Ai, M Pan, L Liu - ACS Central Science, 2024 - ACS Publications
Limited understanding of human proteoforms with complex posttranslational modifications
and the underlying mechanisms poses a major obstacle to research on human health and …

Mesenchymal stem cells under epigenetic control–the role of epigenetic machinery in fate decision and functional properties

A Walewska, A Janucik, M Tynecka, M Moniuszko… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Mesenchymal stem cells (mesenchymal stromal cells, MSC) are multipotent stem cells that
can differentiate into cells of at least three mesodermal lineages, namely adipocytes …

Chemical synthesis of post-translationally modified H2AX reveals redundancy in interplay between histone phosphorylation, ubiquitination, and methylation on the …

H Ai, GC Chu, Q Gong, ZB Tong, Z Deng… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The chemical synthesis of homogeneously modified histones is a powerful approach to
quantitatively decipher how post-translational modifications (PTMs) modulate epigenetic …

Structural basis of telomeric nucleosome recognition by shelterin factor TRF1

H Hu, AMM van Roon, GE Ghanim, B Ahsan… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Shelterin and nucleosomes are the key players that organize mammalian chromosome ends
into the protective telomere caps. However, how they interact with each other at telomeres …

Synovial sarcoma X breakpoint 1 protein uses a cryptic groove to selectively recognize H2AK119Ub nucleosomes

Z Tong, H Ai, Z Xu, K He, GC Chu, Q Shi… - Nature Structural & …, 2024 - nature.com
The cancer-specific fusion oncoprotein SS18–SSX1 disturbs chromatin accessibility by
hijacking the BAF complex from the promoters and enhancers to the Polycomb-repressed …

L‐Glycosidase‐Cleavable Natural Glycans Facilitate the Chemical Synthesis of Correctly Folded Disulfide‐Bonded D‐Proteins

W Shi, T Wang, Z Yang, Y Ren, D Han… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
D‐peptide ligands can be screened for therapeutic potency and enzymatic stability using
synthetic mirror‐image proteins (D‐proteins), but efficient acquisition of these D‐proteins …

Interrogating epigenetic mechanisms with chemically customized chromatin

N Hananya, S Koren, TW Muir - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Genetic and genomic techniques have proven incredibly powerful for identifying and
studying molecular players implicated in the epigenetic regulation of DNA-templated …

Recent advances in chemical protein synthesis: method developments and biological applications

S Dong, JS Zheng, Y Li, H Wang, G Chen… - Science China …, 2024 - Springer
The central dogma of modern biology underscores the pivotal roles proteins play in diverse
biological processes, the study of which necessitates advanced methods to produce …

The ubiquitin codes in cellular stress responses

X Sheng, Z Xia, H Yang, R Hu - Protein & cell, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Ubiquitination/ubiquitylation, one of the most fundamental post-translational modifications,
regulates almost every critical cellular process in eukaryotes. Emerging evidence has shown …

Three rounds of stability-guided optimization and systematical evaluation of oncolytic peptide LTX-315

XY Fu, H Yin, XT Chen, JF Yao, YN Ma… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Oncolytic peptides represent promising novel candidates for anticancer treatments. In our
efforts to develop oncolytic peptides possessing both high protease stability and durable …