The Fanconi anaemia pathway: new players and new functions

R Ceccaldi, P Sarangi, AD D'Andrea - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2016 - nature.com
The Fanconi anaemia pathway repairs DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) in the genome. Our
understanding of this complex pathway is still evolving, as new components continue to be …

Fanconi anaemia and cancer: an intricate relationship

G Nalepa, DW Clapp - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
Fanconi anaemia (FA) is a genetic disorder that is characterized by bone marrow failure
(BMF), developmental abnormalities and predisposition to cancer. Together with other …

Mechanisms of vertebrate DNA interstrand cross-link repair

DR Semlow, JC Walter - Annual review of biochemistry, 2021 - annualreviews.org
DNA interstrand cross-links (ICLs) covalently connect the two strands of the double helix and
are extremely cytotoxic. Defective ICL repair causes the bone marrow failure and cancer …

The impact of replication stress on replication dynamics and DNA damage in vertebrate cells

H Técher, S Koundrioukoff, A Nicolas… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
The interplay between replication stress and the S phase checkpoint is a key determinant of
genome maintenance, and has a major impact on human diseases, notably, tumour …

SUMO conjugation–a mechanistic view

A Pichler, C Fatouros, H Lee, N Eisenhardt - Biomolecular concepts, 2017 - degruyter.com
The regulation of protein fate by modification with the small ubiquitin-related modifier
(SUMO) plays an essential and crucial role in most cellular pathways. Sumoylation is highly …

Mitotic DNA synthesis in response to replication stress requires the sequential action of DNA polymerases zeta and delta in human cells

W Wu, SA Barwacz, R Bhowmick, K Lundgaard… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Oncogene activation creates DNA replication stress (RS) in cancer cells, which can
generate under-replicated DNA regions (UDRs) that persist until cells enter mitosis. UDRs …

DNA replication stress and chromosomal instability: dangerous liaisons

T Wilhelm, M Said, V Naim - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Chromosomal instability (CIN) is associated with many human diseases, including
neurodevelopmental or neurodegenerative conditions, age-related disorders and cancer …

Insights in post-translational modifications: ubiquitin and SUMO

D Salas-Lloret, R González-Prieto - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Both ubiquitination and SUMOylation are dynamic post-translational modifications that
regulate thousands of target proteins to control virtually every cellular process …

Spatiotemporal regulation of posttranslational modifications in the DNA damage response

NP Dantuma, H van Attikum - The EMBO journal, 2016 - embopress.org
A timely and accurate cellular response to DNA damage requires tight regulation of the
action of DNA damage response (DDR) proteins at lesions. A multitude of posttranslational …

Control of structure-specific endonucleases to maintain genome stability

PM Dehé, PHL Gaillard - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Structure-specific endonucleases (SSEs) have key roles in DNA replication,
recombination and repair, and emerging roles in transcription. These enzymes have …