Biochemistry of the tale transcription factors PREP, MEIS, and PBX in vertebrates

E Longobardi, D Penkov, D Mateos… - Developmental …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
TALE (three amino acids loop extension) homeodomain transcription factors are required in
various steps of embryo development, in many adult physiological functions, and are …

A tale of TALE, PREP1, PBX1, and MEIS1: Interconnections and competition in cancer

F Blasi, C Bruckmann, D Penkov, L Dardaei - Bioessays, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We report the latest structural information on PREP1 tumor suppressor, the specific
“oncogene” and “tumor suppressive” signatures of MEIS1 and PREP1, the molecular rules …

p38-MAPK-mediated translation regulation during early blastocyst development is required for primitive endoderm differentiation in mice

P Bora, L Gahurova, T Mašek, A Hauserova… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Successful specification of the two mouse blastocyst inner cell mass (ICM) lineages (the
primitive endoderm (PrE) and epiblast) is a prerequisite for continued development and …

Proteomics analysis of nucleolar SUMO-1 target proteins upon proteasome inhibition

V Matafora, A D'Amato, S Mori, F Blasi… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2009 - ASBMB
Many cellular processes are regulated by the coordination of several post-translational
modifications that allow a very fine modulation of substrates. Recently it has been reported …

Transcribe to survive: transcriptional control of antioxidant defense programs for neuroprotection in Parkinson's disease

J Clark, DK Simon - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2009 - liebertpub.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive, primarily motor disorder that is characterized by
loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons within the substantia nigra (SN). Cell death in PD has …

Covalent DNA–protein cross-linking by phosphoramide mustard and nornitrogen mustard in human cells

A Groehler IV, PW Villalta, C Campbell… - Chemical research in …, 2016 - ACS Publications
N, N-Bis-(2-chloroethyl)-phosphorodiamidic acid (phosphoramide mustard, PM) and N, N-
bis-(2-chloroethyl)-amine (nornitrogen mustard, NOR) are the two biologically active …

RNA content in the nucleolus alters p53 acetylation via MYBBP1A

T Kuroda, A Murayama, N Katagiri, Y Ohta… - The EMBO …, 2011 - embopress.org
A number of external and internal insults disrupt nucleolar structure, and the resulting
nucleolar stress stabilizes and activates p53. We show here that nucleolar disruption …

The tumor suppressor roles of MYBBP1A, a major contributor to metabolism plasticity and stemness

B Felipe-Abrio, A Carnero - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The MYB binding protein 1A (MYBBP1A, also known as p160) acts as a co-repressor of
multiple transcription factors involved in many physiological processes. Therefore …

Prep1 and Meis1 competition for Pbx1 binding regulates protein stability and tumorigenesis

L Dardaei, E Longobardi… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Pbx-regulating protein-1 (Prep1) is a tumor suppressor, whereas myeloid ecotropic viral
integration site-1 (Meis1) is an oncogene. We show that, to perform these activities in mouse …

Myb-binding protein 1A (MYBBP1A) is essential for early embryonic development, controls cell cycle and mitosis, and acts as a tumor suppressor

S Mori, R Bernardi, A Laurent, M Resnati, A Crippa… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
MYBBP1A is a predominantly nucleolar transcriptional regulator involved in rDNA synthesis
and p53 activation via acetylation. However little further information is available as to its …