Tau post-translational modifications: dynamic transformers of tau function, degradation, and aggregation

C Alquezar, S Arya, AW Kao - Frontiers in neurology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) on tau have long been recognized as affecting
protein function and contributing to neurodegeneration. The explosion of information on …

Roles and regulation of histone methylation in animal development

A Jambhekar, A Dhall, Y Shi - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Histone methylation can occur at various sites in histone proteins, primarily on lysine and
arginine residues, and it can be governed by multiple positive and negative regulators, even …

Epigenetics and beyond: targeting writers of protein lysine methylation to treat disease

KP Bhat, H Ümit Kaniskan, J Jin… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Protein lysine methylation is a crucial post-translational modification that regulates the
functions of both histone and non-histone proteins. Deregulation of the enzymes or 'writers' …

Protein posttranslational modifications in health and diseases: Functions, regulatory mechanisms, and therapeutic implications

Q Zhong, X Xiao, Y Qiu, Z Xu, C Chen, B Chong… - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Protein posttranslational modifications (PTMs) refer to the breaking or generation of covalent
bonds on the backbones or amino acid side chains of proteins and expand the diversity of …

The methyltransferase METTL9 mediates pervasive 1-methylhistidine modification in mammalian proteomes

E Davydova, T Shimazu, MK Schuhmacher… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Post-translational methylation plays a crucial role in regulating and optimizing protein
function. Protein histidine methylation, occurring as the two isomers 1-and 3-methylhistidine …

Protein methylation in mitochondria

JM Małecki, E Davydova, PØ Falnes - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2022 - ASBMB
Many proteins are modified by posttranslational methylation, introduced by a number of
methyltransferases (MTases). Protein methylation plays important roles in modulating …

Post-translational modifications on the retinoblastoma protein

L Zhou, DSC Ng, JC Yam, LJ Chen, CC Tham… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
The retinoblastoma protein (pRb) functions as a cell cycle regulator controlling G1 to S
phase transition and plays critical roles in tumour suppression. It is frequently inactivated in …

Lysine methylation of transcription factors in cancer

D Han, M Huang, T Wang, Z Li, Y Chen, C Liu… - Cell death & …, 2019 - nature.com
Protein lysine methylation is a critical and dynamic post-translational modification that can
regulate protein stability and function. This post-translational modification is regulated by …

SETD3 protein is the actin-specific histidine N-methyltransferase

S Kwiatkowski, AK Seliga, D Vertommen, M Terreri… - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Protein histidine methylation is a rare post-translational modification of unknown
biochemical importance. In vertebrates, only a few methylhistidine-containing proteins have …

The dual methyltransferase METTL13 targets N terminus and Lys55 of eEF1A and modulates codon-specific translation rates

ME Jakobsson, JM Małecki, L Halabelian… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Eukaryotic elongation factor 1 alpha (eEF1A) delivers aminoacyl-tRNA to the ribosome and
thereby plays a key role in protein synthesis. Human eEF1A is subject to extensive post …