RINGs of good and evil: RING finger ubiquitin ligases at the crossroads of tumour suppression and oncogenesis

S Lipkowitz, AM Weissman - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2011 - nature.com
The ubiquitin-proteasome system has numerous crucial roles in physiology and
pathophysiology. Fundamental to the specificity of this system are ubiquitin-protein ligases …

Drug discovery in the ubiquitin–proteasome system

G Nalepa, M Rolfe, JW Harper - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2006 - nature.com
Regulated protein turnover via the ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS) underlies a wide
variety of signalling pathways, from cell-cycle control and transcription to development …

CHIP-Hsc70 complex ubiquitinates phosphorylated tau and enhances cell survival

H Shimura, D Schwartz, SP Gygi, KS Kosik - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2004 - ASBMB
The microtubule-binding protein tau has been implicated in the neurofibrillary pathology of
Alzheimer's disease. Within affected cells, ubiquitinated and hyperphosphorylated tau …

High HSP90 expression is associated with decreased survival in breast cancer

E Pick, Y Kluger, JM Giltnane, C Moeder, RL Camp… - Cancer research, 2007 - AACR
The heat shock protein HSP90 chaperones proteins implicated in breast cancer
progression, including Her2/neu. HSP90-targeting agents are in clinical trials for breast …

Heat shock proteins in the regulation of apoptosis: new strategies in tumor therapy: a comprehensive review

AS Sreedhar, P Csermely - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2004 - Elsevier
Heat shock proteins (Hsp) form the most ancient defense system in all living organisms on
earth. These proteins act as molecular chaperones by helping in the refolding of misfolded …

The Hsp90 molecular chaperone: an open and shut case for treatment

LH Pearl, C Prodromou, P Workman - Biochemical Journal, 2008 - portlandpress.com
The molecular chaperone Hsp90 (90 kDa heat-shock protein) is a remarkably versatile
protein involved in the stress response and in normal homoeostatic control mechanisms. It …

Chaperoned ubiquitylation—crystal structures of the CHIP U box E3 ubiquitin ligase and a CHIP-Ubc13-Uev1a complex

M Zhang, M Windheim, SM Roe, M Peggie, P Cohen… - Molecular cell, 2005 - cell.com
CHIP is a dimeric U box E3 ubiquitin ligase that binds Hsp90 and/or Hsp70 via its TPR-
domain, facilitating ubiquitylation of chaperone bound client proteins. We have determined …

DNAJA1 controls the fate of misfolded mutant p53 through the mevalonate pathway

A Parrales, A Ranjan, SV Iyer, S Padhye, SJ Weir… - Nature cell …, 2016 - nature.com
Stabilization of mutant p53 (mutp53) in tumours greatly contributes to malignant progression.
However, little is known about the underlying mechanisms and therapeutic approaches to …

Targeting Hsp90/Hsp70-based protein quality control for treatment of adult onset neurodegenerative diseases

WB Pratt, JE Gestwicki, Y Osawa… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Currently available therapies for adult onset neurodegenerative diseases provide
symptomatic relief but do not modify disease progression. Here we explore a new …

Discovery of (2, 4-Dihydroxy-5-isopropylphenyl)-[5-(4-methylpiperazin-1-ylmethyl)-1, 3-dihydroisoindol-2-yl] methanone (AT13387), a Novel Inhibitor of the Molecular …

AJ Woodhead, H Angove, MG Carr… - Journal of medicinal …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Inhibitors of the molecular chaperone heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) are currently
generating significant interest in clinical development as potential treatments for cancer. In a …