RNF168 ubiquitinates K13-15 on H2A/H2AX to drive DNA damage signaling

F Mattiroli, JHA Vissers, WJ van Dijk, P Ikpa, E Citterio… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Ubiquitin-dependent signaling during the DNA damage response (DDR) to double-strand
breaks (DSBs) is initiated by two E3 ligases, RNF8 and RNF168, targeting histone H2A and …

Posttranslational modification of microtubules by the MATCAP detyrosinase

L Landskron, J Bak, A Adamopoulos, K Kaplani… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The detyrosination-tyrosination cycle involves the removal and religation of the C-terminal
tyrosine of α-tubulin and is implicated in cognitive, cardiac, and mitotic defects. The …

Vasohibins encode tubulin detyrosinating activity

J Nieuwenhuis, A Adamopoulos, OB Bleijerveld… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Tubulin is subjected to a number of posttranslational modifications to generate
heterogeneous microtubules. The modifications include removal and ligation of the C …

A rational strategy for reducing on-target off-tumor effects of CD38-chimeric antigen receptors by affinity optimization

E Drent, M Themeli, R Poels, R de Jong-Korlaar… - Molecular therapy, 2017 - cell.com
Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) can effectively redirect cytotoxic T cells toward highly
expressed surface antigens on tumor cells. The low expression of several tumor-associated …

Impact of chromatin context on Cas9-induced DNA double-strand break repair pathway balance

R Schep, EK Brinkman, C Leemans, X Vergara… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair is mediated by multiple pathways. It is thought that
the local chromatin context affects the pathway choice, but the underlying principles are …

Recombinant cloning strategies for protein expression

PHN Celie, AHA Parret, A Perrakis - Current opinion in structural biology, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Different molecular cloning strategies exist for recombinant protein
expression.•Various methods for generation of mutation and deletion constructs are …

BAP1/ASXL1 recruitment and activation for H2A deubiquitination

DD Sahtoe, WJ Van Dijk, R Ekkebus, H Ovaa… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The deubiquitinating enzyme BAP1 is an important tumor suppressor that has drawn
attention in the clinic since its loss leads to a variety of cancers. BAP1 is activated by ASXL1 …

Structure of a HOIP/E2~ ubiquitin complex reveals RBR E3 ligase mechanism and regulation

BC Lechtenberg, A Rajput, R Sanishvili… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Ubiquitination is a central process affecting all facets of cellular signalling and function. A
critical step in ubiquitination is the transfer of ubiquitin from an E2 ubiquitin-conjugating …

Cell cycle dynamics of lamina‐associated DNA

T van Schaik, M Vos, D Peric‐Hupkes, P HN Celie… - EMBO …, 2020 - embopress.org
In mammalian interphase nuclei, more than one thousand large genomic regions are
positioned at the nuclear lamina (NL). These lamina‐associated domains (LAD s) are …

The differential modulation of USP activity by internal regulatory domains, interactors and eight ubiquitin chain types

AC Faesen, MPA Luna-Vargas, PP Geurink, M Clerici… - Chemistry & biology, 2011 - cell.com
Ubiquitin-specific proteases (USPs) are papain-like isopeptidases with variable inter-and
intramolecular regulatory domains. To understand the effect of these domains on USP …