Amino acid metabolism in health and disease

ZN Ling, YF Jiang, JN Ru, JH Lu, B Ding… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Amino acids are the building blocks of protein synthesis. They are structural elements and
energy sources of cells necessary for normal cell growth, differentiation and function. Amino …

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 …

Epigenetics-targeted drugs: Current paradigms and future challenges

W Dai, X Qiao, Y Fang, R Guo, P Bai, S Liu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Epigenetics governs a chromatin state regulatory system through five key mechanisms: DNA
modification, histone modification, RNA modification, chromatin remodeling, and non-coding …

[HTML][HTML] Promising role of protein arginine methyltransferases in overcoming anti-cancer drug resistance

Y Zhu, T Xia, DQ Chen, X Xiong, L Shi, Y Zuo… - Drug Resistance …, 2024 - Elsevier
Drug resistance remains a major challenge in cancer treatment, necessitating the
development of novel strategies to overcome it. Protein arginine methyltransferases …

[HTML][HTML] PRMT1 methylates METTL14 to modulate its oncogenic function

J Wang, Z Wang, H Inuzuka, W Wei, J Liu - Neoplasia, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract N6-methyladenosine (m6A), the most abundant mRNA modification in mammalian
cells, is responsible for mRNA stability and alternative splicing. The METTL3-METTL14 …

Structure, function, and activity of small molecule and peptide inhibitors of protein arginine methyltransferase 1

T Hendrickson-Rebizant, SRN Sudhakar… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Protein arginine N-methyltransferases (PRMT) are a family of S-adenosyl-l-methionine
(SAM)-dependent enzymes that transfer methyl-groups to the ω-N of arginyl residues in …

The influence of arginine methylation in immunity and inflammation

N Srour, S Khan, S Richard - Journal of Inflammation Research, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Exploration in the field of epigenetics has revealed that protein arginine methyltransferases
(PRMTs) contribute to disease, and this has given way to the development of specific small …

Epigenetic regulation of pancreatic adenocarcinoma in the era of cancer immunotherapy

K Kawakubo, CF Castillo, AS Liss - Journal of gastroenterology, 2022 - Springer
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is a lethal cancer with poor response to chemotherapy and
immune checkpoint inhibitors. Recent studies suggest that epigenetic alterations contribute …

[HTML][HTML] Pan-cancer analysis identifies protein arginine methyltransferases PRMT1 and PRMT5 and their related signatures as markers associated with prognosis …

J Wang, M Wu, J Sun, M Chen, Z Zhang, J Yu, D Chen - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Abstract Purpose Protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) regulate several signal
transduction pathways involved in cancer progression. Recently, it has been reported that …

Protein arginine methyltransferase 1 in the generation of immune megakaryocytes: A perspective review

X Zhao, Z Chong, Y Chen, XL Zheng, QF Wang… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
Megakaryocytes (Mks) in bone marrow are heterogeneous in terms of polyploidy. They not
only produce platelets but also support the self-renewal of hematopoietic stem cells and …