Post-translational modifications of PCNA: guiding for the best DNA damage tolerance choice

G Bellí, N Colomina, L Castells-Roca, NP Lorite - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
The sliding clamp PCNA is a multifunctional homotrimer mainly linked to DNA replication.
During this process, cells must ensure an accurate and complete genome replication when …

Targeting unconventional pathways in pursuit of novel antifungals

S Nguyen, JQ Truong, JB Bruning - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The impact of invasive fungal infections on human health is a serious, but largely
overlooked, public health issue. Commonly affecting the immunocompromised community …

Unlocking the PIP-box: A peptide library reveals interactions that drive high-affinity binding to human PCNA

AJ Horsfall, BA Vandborg, W Kowalczyk, T Chav… - Journal of biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
The human sliding clamp, Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (hPCNA), interacts with over
200 proteins through a conserved binding motif, the PIP-box, to orchestrate DNA replication …

Interdomain connecting loop and J loop structures determine cross-species compatibility of PCNA

P Kumari, R Sundaram, K Manohar… - Journal of biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
Eukaryotic proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) plays an essential role in orchestrating
the assembly of the replisome complex, stimulating processive DNA synthesis, and …

Designing Fluorescent Nuclear Permeable Peptidomimetics to Target Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen

AJ Horsfall, T Chav, JL Pederick… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Human proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is a critical mediator of DNA replication and
repair, acting as a docking platform for replication proteins. Disrupting these interactions with …

An aldo-keto reductase with 2-keto-l-gulonate reductase activity functions in l-tartaric acid biosynthesis from vitamin C in Vitis vinifera

Y Jia, CA Burbidge, C Sweetman, E Schutz… - Journal of Biological …, 2019 - ASBMB
Tartaric acid has high economic value as an antioxidant and flavorant in food and wine
industries. l-Tartaric acid biosynthesis in wine grape (Vitis vinifera) uses ascorbic acid …

[HTML][HTML] Production of recombinant human proliferating cellular nuclear antigen (PCNA) for structural and biophysical characterization

B Vandborg, DL Holroyd, T Pukala… - Protein Expression and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Human proliferating cell nuclear antigen (hPCNA) is a DNA replication processivity factor,
which acts as a docking platform, allowing proteins to have access to the replication fork and …

Non‐canonical binding of the Chaetomium thermophilum PolD4 N‐terminal PIP motif to PCNA involves Q‐pocket and compact 2‐fork plug interactions but no 310 …

D Yang, MS Alphey, SA MacNeill - The FEBS Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
DNA polymerase δ (Pol δ) is a key enzyme for the maintenance of genome integrity in
eukaryotic cells, acting in concert with the sliding clamp processivity factor PCNA …

Towards a High-Affinity Peptidomimetic Targeting Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen from Aspergillus fumigatus

BC Vandborg, AJ Horsfall, JL Pederick, AD Abell… - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) are prevalent in immunocompromised patients. Due to
alarming levels of increasing resistance in clinical settings, new drugs targeting the major …

Structural analyses of PCNA from the fungal pathogen Candida albicans identify three regions with species‐specific conformations

R Sundaram, K Manohar, SK Patel, N Acharya… - FEBS …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
An assembly of multiprotein complexes achieves chromosomal DNA replication at the
replication fork. In eukaryotes, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) plays a vital role in …