DNA damage kinase signaling: checkpoint and repair at 30 years

MC Lanz, D Dibitetto, MB Smolka - The EMBO journal, 2019 - embopress.org
From bacteria to mammalian cells, damaged DNA is sensed and targeted by DNA repair
pathways. In eukaryotes, kinases play a central role in coordinating the DNA damage …

Hydroxyurea—the good, the bad and the ugly

MW Musiałek, D Rybaczek - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hydroxyurea (HU) is mostly referred to as an inhibitor of ribonucleotide reductase (RNR)
and as the agent that is commonly used to arrest cells in the S-phase of the cycle by …

DNA repair pathways as targets for cancer therapy

T Helleday, E Petermann, C Lundin, B Hodgson… - Nature Reviews …, 2008 - nature.com
DNA repair pathways can enable tumour cells to survive DNA damage that is induced by
chemotherapeutic treatments; therefore, inhibitors of specific DNA repair pathways might …

Systematic identification of protein complexes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by mass spectrometry

Y Ho, A Gruhler, A Heilbut, GD Bader, L Moore… - Nature, 2002 - nature.com
The recent abundance of genome sequence data has brought an urgent need for systematic
proteomics to decipher the encoded protein networks that dictate cellular function. To date …

Ebselen, a promising antioxidant drug: mechanisms of action and targets of biological pathways

GK Azad, RS Tomar - Molecular biology reports, 2014 - Springer
Ebselen, an organoselenium compound, mimics glutathione peroxidase activity. It is a
multifunctional compound, which catalyzes several essential reactions for the protection of …

Sensing and repairing DNA double-strand breaks

SP Jackson - Carcinogenesis, 2002 - academic.oup.com
The DNA double-strand break (DSB) is the principle cytotoxic lesion for ionizing radiation
and radio-mimetic chemicals but can also be caused by mechanical stress on chromosomes …

Ribonucleotide reductases

P Nordlund, P Reichard - Annu. Rev. Biochem., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Ribonucleotide reductases (RNRs) transform RNA building blocks to DNA building blocks
by catalyzing the substitution of the 2′ OH-group of a ribonucleotide with a hydrogen by a …

Checkpoint responses to DNA double-strand breaks

DP Waterman, JE Haber… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Cells confront DNA damage in every cell cycle. Among the most deleterious types of DNA
damage are DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), which can cause cell lethality if unrepaired …

A comprehensive analysis of replicative lifespan in 4,698 single-gene deletion strains uncovers conserved mechanisms of aging

MA McCormick, JR Delaney, M Tsuchiya… - Cell metabolism, 2015 - cell.com
Many genes that affect replicative lifespan (RLS) in the budding yeast Saccharomyces
cerevisiae also affect aging in other organisms such as C. elegans and M. musculus. We …

An overview of Cdk1-controlled targets and processes

JM Enserink, RD Kolodner - Cell division, 2010 - Springer
The cyclin dependent kinase Cdk1 controls the cell cycle, which is best understood in the
model organism S. cerevisiae. Research performed during the past decade has significantly …