Post‐translational modifications of histones: Mechanisms, biological functions, and therapeutic targets

R Liu, J Wu, H Guo, W Yao, S Li, Y Lu, Y Jia… - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Histones are DNA‐binding basic proteins found in chromosomes. After the histone
translation, its amino tail undergoes various modifications, such as methylation, acetylation …

Proteasome inhibitor drugs

LD Fricker - Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Proteasomes are large, multicatalytic protein complexes that cleave cellular proteins into
peptides. There are many distinct forms of proteasomes that differ in catalytically active …

Epigenetic regulation of ferroptosis by H2B monoubiquitination and p53

Y Wang, L Yang, X Zhang, W Cui, Y Liu, QR Sun… - EMBO …, 2019 - embopress.org
Monoubiquitination of histone H2B on lysine 120 (H2Bub1) is an epigenetic mark generally
associated with transcriptional activation, yet the global functions of H2Bub1 remain poorly …

Targeting epigenetics for cancer therapy

JW Park, JW Han - Archives of pharmacal research, 2019 - Springer
Cancer can be identified as a chaotic cell state, which breaks the rules that govern growth
and reproduction, with main characteristics such as uncontrolled division, invading other …

Histone ubiquitination and deubiquitination in transcription, DNA damage response, and cancer

J Cao, Q Yan - Frontiers in oncology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Histone post-transcriptional modifications play essential roles in regulation of all DNA
related processes. Among them, histone ubiquitination has been discovered for more than …

Targeting tumour-supportive cellular machineries in anticancer drug development

M Dobbelstein, U Moll - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
Traditional anticancer chemotherapeutics targeting DNA replication and cell division have
severe side effects, but they have proved to be highly successful in treating some cancers …

Modification of ASC1 by UFM1 is crucial for ERα transactivation and breast cancer development

HM Yoo, SH Kang, JY Kim, JE Lee, MW Seong… - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
Biological roles for UFM1, a ubiquitin-like protein, are largely unknown, and therefore we
screened for targets of ufmylation. Here we show that ufmylation of the nuclear receptor …

The HIF complex recruits the histone methyltransferase SET1B to activate specific hypoxia-inducible genes

BM Ortmann, N Burrows, IT Lobb, E Arnaiz, N Wit… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Hypoxia-inducible transcription factors (HIFs) are fundamental to cellular adaptation to low
oxygen levels, but it is unclear how they interact with chromatin and activate their target …

RNF20 and USP44 regulate stem cell differentiation by modulating H2B monoubiquitylation

G Fuchs, E Shema, R Vesterman, E Kotler… - Molecular cell, 2012 - cell.com
Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) maintain high genomic plasticity, which is essential for their
capacity to enter diverse differentiation pathways. Posttranscriptional modifications of …

Bromodomain protein BRD4 is required for estrogen receptor-dependent enhancer activation and gene transcription

S Nagarajan, T Hossan, M Alawi, Z Najafova… - Cell reports, 2014 - cell.com
The estrogen receptor α (ERα) controls cell proliferation and tumorigenesis by recruiting
various cofactors to estrogen response elements (EREs) to control gene transcription. A …