The molecular basis for cellular function of intrinsically disordered protein regions

AS Holehouse, BB Kragelund - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Intrinsically disordered protein regions exist in a collection of dynamic interconverting
conformations that lack a stable 3D structure. These regions are structurally heterogeneous …

DOT1L-mediated RAP80 methylation promotes BRCA1 recruitment to elicit DNA repair

H Tang, YF Lu, R Zeng, C Liu, Y Shu, Y Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Breast Cancer Type 1 Susceptibility Protein (BRCA1) is a tumor-suppressor protein that
regulates various cellular pathways, including those that are essential for preserving …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of RNF168 nucleosome recognition and ubiquitylation

Q Hu, D Zhao, G Cui, J Bhandari, JR Thompson… - Molecular cell, 2024 - cell.com
RNF168 plays a central role in the DNA damage response (DDR) by ubiquitylating histone
H2A at K13 and K15. These modifications direct BRCA1-BARD1 and 53BP1 foci formation …

BRCA1–BARD1 combines multiple chromatin recognition modules to bridge nascent nucleosomes

H Burdett, M Foglizzo, LJ Musgrove… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Chromatin association of the BRCA1–BARD1 heterodimer is critical to promote homologous
recombination repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) in S/G2. How the BRCA1 …

To Ub or not to Ub: The epic dilemma of histones that regulate gene expression and epigenetic cross-talk

A Dasgupta, S Nandi, S Gupta, S Roy, C Das - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2024 - Elsevier
A dynamic array of histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) regulate diverse cellular
processes in the eukaryotic chromatin. Among them, histone ubiquitination is particularly …

Read–write mechanisms of H2A ubiquitination by Polycomb repressive complex 1

VG López, MI Valencia-Sánchez, S Abini-Agbomson… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Epigenetic inheritance of silent chromatin domains is fundamental to cellular memory during
embryogenesis, but it must overcome the dilution of repressive histone modifications during …

RAD18 directs DNA double-strand break repair by homologous recombination to post-replicative chromatin

M Palek, N Palkova, P Kleiblova, Z Kleibl… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
RAD18 is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that prevents replication fork collapse by promoting DNA
translesion synthesis and template switching. Besides this classical role, RAD18 has been …

[HTML][HTML] Protocol for evaluating the E3 ligase activity of BRCA1-BARD1 and its variants by nucleosomal histone ubiquitylation

B Wu, M Wang, R Maqbool, W Li, W Zhao - STAR protocols, 2024 - Elsevier
The tumor suppressor breast cancer 1 (BRCA1) complexed with BRCA1-associated RING
domain 1 (BARD1), a RING-type E3 ligase, facilitates the attachment of ubiquitin onto the …

Targeting Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDPs) in Drug Discovery: Opportunities and Challenges

S Vemulapalli - Computational Methods for Rational Drug …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Summary “Revolutionizing Drug Delivery Through Computational Design: Nanotechnology
and Personalized Therapeutics” explores the transformative potential of computational …

Force transmission through the inner kinetochore is enhanced by centromeric DNA sequences

E Miedlar, GE Hamilton, SR Witus, SJ Gonske, M Riffle… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Previously, we reconstituted a minimal functional kinetochore from recombinant S.
cerevisiae proteins that was capable of transmitting force from dynamic microtubules to …