bHLH–PAS proteins in cancer

DC Bersten, AE Sullivan, DJ Peet… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
Mammalian basic HLH (helix–loop–helix)–PER–ARNT–SIM (bHLH–PAS) proteins are
heterodimeric transcription factors that sense and respond to environmental signals (such as …

State-of-the-art strategies for targeting protein–protein interactions by small-molecule inhibitors

C Sheng, G Dong, Z Miao, W Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Targeting protein–protein interactions (PPIs) has emerged as a viable approach in modern
drug discovery. However, the identification of small molecules enabling us to effectively …

Structural integration in hypoxia-inducible factors

D Wu, N Potluri, J Lu, Y Kim, F Rastinejad - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) coordinate cellular adaptations to low oxygen stress by
regulating transcriptional programs in erythropoiesis, angiogenesis and metabolism. These …

The RanGTP pathway: from nucleo-cytoplasmic transport to spindle assembly and beyond

T Cavazza, I Vernos - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The small GTPase Ran regulates the interaction of transport receptors with a number of
cellular cargo proteins. The high affinity binding of the GTP-bound form of Ran to import …

Structures of NPAS4-ARNT and NPAS4-ARNT2 heterodimers reveal new dimerization modalities in the bHLH-PAS transcription factor family

X Sun, L Jing, F Li, M Zhang, X Diao… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Neuronal PER-ARNT-SIM (PAS) domain protein 4 (NPAS4) is a protective transcriptional
regulator whose dysfunction has been linked to a variety of neuropsychiatric and metabolic …

Bidirectional modulation of HIF-2 activity through chemical ligands

D Wu, X Su, J Lu, S Li, BL Hood, S Vasile… - Nature chemical …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Hypoxia-inducible factor-2 (HIF-2) is a heterodimeric transcription factor formed
through dimerization between an oxygen-sensitive HIF-2α subunit and its obligate partner …

Targeting protein–protein interactions in the HIF system

SE Wilkins, MI Abboud, RL Hancock… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Animals respond to chronic hypoxia by increasing the levels of a transcription factor known
as the hypoxia‐inducible factor (HIF). HIF upregulates multiple genes, the products of which …

Emerging models for the molecular basis of mammalian circadian timing

CL Gustafson, CL Partch - Biochemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
Mammalian circadian timekeeping arises from a transcription-based feedback loop driven
by a set of dedicated clock proteins. At its core, the heterodimeric transcription factor …

PAS dimerization at the nexus of the mammalian circadian clock

D Sharma, CL Partch - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Circadian rhythms are genetically encoded molecular clocks for internal biological
timekeeping. Organisms from single-cell bacteria to humans use these clocks to adapt to the …

KHS101 disrupts energy metabolism in human glioblastoma cells and reduces tumor growth in mice

ES Polson, VB Kuchler, C Abbosh, EM Ross… - Science translational …, 2018 - science.org
Pharmacological inhibition of uncontrolled cell growth with small-molecule inhibitors is a
potential strategy for treating glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most malignant primary …