UBR5 forms ligand-dependent complexes on chromatin to regulate nuclear hormone receptor stability

JM Tsai, JD Aguirre, YD Li, J Brown, V Focht, L Kater… - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Nuclear hormone receptors (NRs) are ligand-binding transcription factors that are widely
targeted therapeutically. Agonist binding triggers NR activation and subsequent degradation …

Stress response silencing by an E3 ligase mutated in neurodegeneration

DL Haakonsen, M Heider, AJ Ingersoll, K Vodehnal… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Stress response pathways detect and alleviate adverse conditions to safeguard cell and
tissue homeostasis, yet their prolonged activation induces apoptosis and disrupts …

Harnessing UBR5 for targeted protein degradation of key transcriptional regulators

AM Taherbhoy, DL Daniels - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 2023 - cell.com
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) has opened the door for drugging transcriptional
regulators, yet the number of proteins targeted and E3 ligases utilized remain limited. Here …

Structural snapshots along K48-linked ubiquitin chain formation by the HECT E3 UBR5

LA Hehl, D Horn-Ghetko, JR Prabu, R Vollrath… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
Ubiquitin (Ub) chain formation by homologous to E6AP C-terminus (HECT)-family E3 ligases
regulates vast biology, yet the structural mechanisms remain unknown. We used chemistry …

Cryo‐EM structure of the chain‐elongating E3 ubiquitin ligase UBR5

Z Hodáková, I Grishkovskaya, HL Brunner… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
UBR5 is a nuclear E3 ligase that ubiquitinates a vast range of substrates for proteasomal
degradation. This HECT domain‐containing ubiquitin ligase has recently been identified as …

[HTML][HTML] Connecting the dots: Computational network analysis for disease insight and drug repurposing

N Siminea, E Czeizler, VB Popescu, I Petre… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Networks have been successfully applied in biology and medicine for several
decades.•Network methods play a key role in personalized and precision medicine.•Rapid …

Reactive oxygen species control protein degradation at the mitochondrial import gate

R McMinimy, AG Manford, CL Gee, S Chandrasekhar… - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
While reactive oxygen species (ROS) have long been known to drive aging and
neurodegeneration, their persistent depletion below basal levels also disrupts organismal …

Protein semisynthesis reveals plasticity in HECT E3 ubiquitin ligase mechanisms

H Jiang, BD Miller, T Viennet, H Kim, K Lee… - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Lys ubiquitination is catalysed by E3 ubiquitin ligases and is central to the regulation of
protein stability and cell signalling in normal and disease states. There are gaps in our …

Structural mechanisms of autoinhibition and substrate recognition by the ubiquitin ligase HACE1

J Düring, M Wolter, JJ Toplak, C Torres… - Nature Structural & …, 2024 - nature.com
Ubiquitin ligases (E3s) are pivotal specificity determinants in the ubiquitin system by
selecting substrates and decorating them with distinct ubiquitin signals. However, structure …

The G1-S transition is promoted by Rb degradation via the E3 ligase UBR5

S Zhang, LF Valenzuela, E Zatulovskiy… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Mammalian cells make the decision to divide at the G1-S transition in response to diverse
signals impinging on the retinoblastoma protein Rb, a cell cycle inhibitor and tumor …