[HTML][HTML] The human VRK1 chromatin kinase in cancer biology

I Campillo-Marcos, R García-González… - Cancer letters, 2021 - Elsevier
VRK1 is a nuclear Ser-Thr chromatin kinase that does not mutate in cancer, and is
overexpressed in many types of tumors and associated with a poor prognosis. Chromatin …

[HTML][HTML] VRK1 variants at the cross road of Cajal body neuropathogenic mechanisms in distal neuropathies and motor neuron diseases

PA Lazo, P Morejón-García - Neurobiology of Disease, 2023 - Elsevier
Distal hereditary neuropathies and neuro motor diseases are complex neurological
phenotypes associated with pathogenic variants in a large number of genes, but in some the …

[HTML][HTML] The fructose-bisphosphate, Aldolase A (ALDOA), facilitates DNA-PKcs and ATM kinase activity to regulate DNA double-strand break repair

T Sobanski, A Suraweera, JT Burgess, I Richard… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Glucose metabolism and DNA repair are fundamental cellular processes frequently
dysregulated in cancer. In this study, we define a direct role for the glycolytic Aldolase A …

[HTML][HTML] VRK1 kinase activity modulating histone H4K16 acetylation inhibited by SIRT2 and VRK-IN-1

E Monte-Serrano, PA Lazo - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The accessibility of DNA to different cellular functions requires a dynamic regulation of
chromatin organization that is mediated by different epigenetic modifications, which regulate …

Exploring the cytotoxicity, uptake, cellular response, and proteomics of mono-and dinuclear DNA light-switch complexes

PJ Jarman, F Noakes, S Fairbanks… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Drug resistance to platinum chemotherapeutics targeting DNA often involves abrogation of
apoptosis and has emerged as a significant challenge in modern, non-targeted …

Multivalent DNA and nucleosome acidic patch interactions specify VRK1 mitotic localization and activity

GR Budziszewski, Y Zhao, CJ Spangler… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
A key role of chromatin kinases is to phosphorylate histone tails during mitosis to
spatiotemporally regulate cell division. Vaccinia-related kinase 1 (VRK1) is a serine …

Diverse cellular functions of barrier-to-autointegration factor and its roles in disease

RM Sears, KJ Roux - Journal of cell science, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
Barrier-to-autointegration factor (BAF; encoded by BANF1) is a small highly conserved,
ubiquitous and self-associating protein that coordinates with numerous binding partners to …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of VRK1 alters the nuclear phosphoproteome in the DNA damage response to doxorubicin

E Navarro-Carrasco, A Campos-Díaz… - Chemico-Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Dynamic chromatin remodeling requires regulatory mechanisms for its adaptation to
different nuclear function, which are likely to be mediated by signaling proteins. In this …

[HTML][HTML] VRK1 phosphorylates Tip60/KAT5 and is required for H4K16 acetylation in response to DNA damage

R García-González, P Morejón-García… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Dynamic remodeling of chromatin requires epigenetic modifications of
histones. DNA damage induced by doxorubicin causes an increase in histone H4K16ac, a …

[HTML][HTML] The pattern of histone H3 epigenetic posttranslational modifications is regulated by the VRK1 chromatin kinase

E Monte-Serrano, P Morejón-García… - Epigenetics & …, 2023 - Springer
Background Dynamic chromatin remodeling is associated with changes in the epigenetic
pattern of histone acetylations and methylations required for processes based on dynamic …