Protein arginine methyltransferases: promising targets for cancer therapy

JW Hwang, Y Cho, GU Bae, SN Kim… - Experimental & molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Protein methylation, a post-translational modification (PTM), is observed in a wide variety of
cell types from prokaryotes to eukaryotes. With recent and rapid advancements in epigenetic …

Epigenetic tools (The Writers, The Readers and The Erasers) and their implications in cancer therapy

S Biswas, CM Rao - European journal of pharmacology, 2018 - Elsevier
Addition of chemical tags on the DNA and modification of histone proteins impart a distinct
feature on chromatin architecture. With the advancement in scientific research, the key …

Recent developments and applications of the MMPBSA method

C Wang, DA Greene, L Xiao, R Qi… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The Molecular Mechanics Poisson-Boltzmann Surface Area (MMPBSA) approach has been
widely applied as an efficient and reliable free energy simulation method to model molecular …

PRMTs and arginine methylation: cancer's best-kept secret?

J Jarrold, CC Davies - Trends in molecular medicine, 2019 - cell.com
Post-translational modification (PTM) of proteins is vital for increasing proteome diversity
and maintaining cellular homeostasis. If the writing, reading, and removal of modifications …

Inhibitors of protein methyltransferases and demethylases

HU Kaniskan, ML Martini, J Jin - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Post-translational modifications of histones by protein methyltransferases (PMTs) and
histone demethylases (KDMs) play an important role in the regulation of gene expression …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical biology of protein arginine modifications in epigenetic regulation

J Fuhrmann, KW Clancy, PR Thompson - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) of histone proteins are a hallmark of epigenetic
regulation. They provide a mechanism to modulate chromatin structure and constitute the …

CDK5-PRMT1-WDR24 signaling cascade promotes mTORC1 signaling and tumor growth

S Yin, L Liu, LE Ball, Y Wang, MT Bedford, SA Duncan… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
The mammalian target of rapamycin complex1 (mTORC1) is a central regulator of
metabolism and cell growth by sensing diverse environmental signals, including amino …

Protein arginine methyltransferases: insights into the enzyme structure and mechanism at the atomic level

SK Tewary, YG Zheng, MC Ho - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) catalyze the methyl transfer to the arginine
residues of protein substrates and are classified into three major types based on the final …

Cross-talk between PRMT1-mediated methylation and ubiquitylation on RBM15 controls RNA splicing

L Zhang, NT Tran, H Su, R Wang, Y Lu, H Tang… - Elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
RBM15, an RNA binding protein, determines cell-fate specification of many tissues including
blood. We demonstrate that RBM15 is methylated by protein arginine methyltransferase 1 …

Small molecule inhibitors of protein arginine methyltransferases

H Hu, K Qian, MC Ho, YG Zheng - Expert opinion on investigational …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Arginine methylation is an abundant posttranslational modification occurring in
mammalian cells and catalyzed by protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) …