Cellular functions of eukaryotic RNA helicases and their links to human diseases

KE Bohnsack, S Yi, S Venus, E Jankowsky… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
RNA helicases are highly conserved proteins that use nucleoside triphosphates to bind or
remodel RNA, RNA–protein complexes or both. RNA helicases are classified into the DEAD …

RNA helicases as shadow modulators of cell cycle progression

O Sergeeva, T Zatsepin - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The progress of the cell cycle is directly regulated by modulation of cyclins and cyclin-
dependent kinases. However, many proteins that control DNA replication, RNA transcription …

The mechanism of RNA duplex recognition and unwinding by DEAD-box helicase DDX3X

H Song, X Ji - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
DEAD-box helicases (DDXs) regulate RNA processing and metabolism by unwinding short
double-stranded (ds) RNAs. Sharing a helicase core composed of two RecA-like domains …

DDX3 depletion represses translation of mRNAs with complex 5′ UTRs

L Calviello, S Venkataramanan… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
DDX3 is an RNA chaperone of the DEAD-box family that regulates translation. Ded1, the
yeast ortholog of DDX3, is a global regulator of translation, whereas DDX3 is thought to …

An allosteric cyclin E-CDK2 site mapped by paralog hopping with covalent probes

Y Zhang, Z Liu, M Hirschi, O Brodsky… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
More than half of the~ 20,000 protein-encoding human genes have paralogs. Chemical
proteomics has uncovered many electrophile-sensitive cysteines that are exclusive to …

[HTML][HTML] Lead DEAD/H box helicase biomarkers with the therapeutic potential identified by integrated bioinformatic approaches in lung cancer

Y Cui, A Hunt, Z Li, E Birkin, J Lane, F Ruge… - Computational and …, 2021 - Elsevier
DEAD/H box helicases are implicated in lung cancer but have not been systematically
investigated for their clinical significance and function. In this study, we aimed to evaluate …

[HTML][HTML] DEAD-box RNA helicases with special reference to p68: Unwinding their biology, versatility, and therapeutic opportunity in cancer

S Tabassum, MK Ghosh - Genes & Diseases, 2023 - Elsevier
In the era of advancement, the entire world continues to remain baffled by the increased rate
of progression of cancer. There has been an unending search for novel therapeutic targets …

Tethering-based chemogenetic approaches for the modulation of protein function in live cells

YH Tsai, T Doura, S Kiyonaka - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Proteins are the workhorse molecules performing various tasks to sustain life. To investigate
the roles of a protein under physiological conditions, the rapid modulation of the protein with …

[HTML][HTML] Expanding the ligandable proteome by paralog hopping with covalent probes

Y Zhang, Z Liu, M Hirschi, O Brodsky, E Johnson… - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
More than half of the~ 20,000 protein-encoding human genes have at least one paralog.
Chemical proteomics has uncovered many electrophile-sensitive cysteines that are …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanism of inhibition of bacterial RNA helicases by diazo dyes and implications for antimicrobial drug development

S Hausmann, J Geiser, M Valentini - Biochemical Pharmacology, 2022 - Elsevier
RNA helicases represent attractive drug targets as their activity is linked to several human
diseases and impacts microbial infectious processes. While some inhibitors of human RNA …