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 …

DNA–protein crosslinks and their resolution

P Weickert, J Stingele - Annual Review of Biochemistry, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Covalent DNA–protein crosslinks (DPCs) are pervasive DNA lesions that interfere with
essential chromatin processes such as transcription or replication. This review strives to …

Discovery and characterization of ZUFSP/ZUP1, a distinct deubiquitinase class important for genome stability

D Kwasna, SAA Rehman, J Natarajan, S Matthews… - Molecular Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) are important regulators of ubiquitin signaling. Here, we
report the discovery of deubiquitinating activity in ZUFSP/C6orf113. High-resolution crystal …

Replication protein A: a multifunctional protein with roles in DNA replication, repair and beyond

R Dueva, G Iliakis - NAR cancer, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) forms continuously during DNA replication and is an
important intermediate during recombination-mediated repair of damaged DNA. Replication …

Cell fitness screens reveal a conflict between LINE-1 retrotransposition and DNA replication

D Ardeljan, JP Steranka, C Liu, Z Li… - Nature structural & …, 2020 - nature.com
LINE-1 retrotransposon overexpression is a hallmark of human cancers. We identified a
colorectal cancer wherein a fast-growing tumor subclone downregulated LINE-1, prompting …

The ubiquitin ligase RFWD3 is required for translesion DNA synthesis

I Gallina, IA Hendriks, S Hoffmann, NB Larsen… - Molecular Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Lesions on DNA uncouple DNA synthesis from the replisome, generating stretches of
unreplicated single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) behind the replication fork. These ssDNA gaps …

FANCA promotes DNA double-strand break repair by catalyzing single-strand annealing and strand exchange

A Benitez, W Liu, A Palovcak, G Wang, J Moon, K An… - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
FANCA is a component of the Fanconi anemia (FA) core complex that activates DNA
interstrand crosslink repair by monoubiquitination of FANCD2. Here, we report that purified …

Genome instability in multiple myeloma: Facts and factors

AY Aksenova, AS Zhuk, AG Lada, IV Zotova… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Multiple myeloma is an incurable blood cancer caused by the malignant
transformation of immunoglobulin-producing plasma cells. The mechanisms leading to the …

p53 orchestrates DNA replication restart homeostasis by suppressing mutagenic RAD52 and POLθ pathways

S Roy, KH Tomaszowski, JW Luzwick, S Park, J Li… - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Classically, p53 tumor suppressor acts in transcription, apoptosis, and cell cycle arrest. Yet,
replication-mediated genomic instability is integral to oncogenesis, and p53 mutations …

RFWD3 promotes ZRANB3 recruitment to regulate the remodeling of stalled replication forks

CE Moore, SE Yalcindag, H Czeladko… - Journal of Cell …, 2023 - rupress.org
Replication fork reversal is an important mechanism to protect the stability of stalled forks
and thereby preserve genomic integrity. While multiple enzymes have been identified that …