Resolving DNA damage: epigenetic regulation of DNA repair

P Karakaidos, D Karagiannis, T Rampias - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Epigenetic research has rapidly evolved into a dynamic field of genome biology. Chromatin
regulation has been proved to be an essential aspect for all genomic processes, including …

Crosstalk between different DNA repair pathways for DNA double strand break repairs

JM Oh, K Myung - Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) are the most threatening type of DNA lesions and must
be repaired properly in order to inhibit severe diseases and cell death. There are four major …

BRD4 promotes resection and homology-directed repair of DNA double-strand breaks

JK Barrows, B Lin, CE Quaas, G Fullbright… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Double-strand breaks (DSBs) are one of the most toxic forms of DNA damage and represent
a major source of genomic instability. Members of the bromodomain and extra-terminal …

SMARCAD1 is an ATP-dependent histone octamer exchange factor with de novo nucleosome assembly activity

J Markert, K Zhou, K Luger - Science Advances, 2021 - science.org
The adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP)–dependent chromatin remodeler SMARCAD1 acts
on nucleosomes during DNA replication, repair, and transcription, but despite its implication …

Structural visualization of key steps in nucleosome reorganization by human FACT

K Mayanagi, K Saikusa, N Miyazaki, S Akashi… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Facilitates chromatin transcription (FACT) is a histone chaperone, which accomplishes both
nucleosome assembly and disassembly. Our combined cryo-electron microscopy (EM) and …

Genetic screening identifies a SUMO protease dynamically maintaining centromeric chromatin

S Mitra, DL Bodor, AF David, I Abdul-Zani… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Centromeres are defined by a self-propagating chromatin structure based on stable
inheritance of CENP-A containing nucleosomes. Here, we present a genetic screen coupled …

The Atad5 RFC-like complex is the major unloader of proliferating cell nuclear antigen in Xenopus egg extracts

Y Kawasoe, S Shimokawa, PJ Gillespie, JJ Blow… - Journal of Biological …, 2024 - ASBMB
Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is a homo-trimeric clamp complex that serves as
the molecular hub for various DNA transactions, including DNA synthesis and post …

Arabidopsis CHROMATIN REMODELING 19 acts as a transcriptional repressor and contributes to plant pathogen resistance

H Kang, Y Liu, T Fan, J Ma, D Wu, T Heitz… - The Plant …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Chromatin remodelers act in an ATP-dependent manner to modulate chromatin structure
and thus genome function. Here, we report that the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) …

[HTML][HTML] SMARCAD1 promotes pancreatic cancer cell growth and metastasis through Wnt/β-catenin-mediated EMT

F Liu, Z Xia, M Zhang, J Ding, Y Feng, J Wu… - … journal of biological …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is one of the most lethal diseases, characterized by early metastasis
and high mortality. Subunits of the SWI/SNF complex have been identified in many studies …

Stable inheritance of CENP-A chromatin: Inner strength versus dynamic control

S Mitra, B Srinivasan, LET Jansen - Journal of Cell Biology, 2020 - rupress.org
Chromosome segregation during cell division is driven by mitotic spindle attachment to the
centromere region on each chromosome. Centromeres form a protein scaffold defined by …