Guardian ubiquitin E3 ligases target cancer-associated APOBEC3 deaminases for degradation to promote human genome integrity.
I. Schwartz, V. Budroni, M. Meyenberg, H. Hornegger, K. Hacker, S. Schwartz, Z. Hodakova, D. B. Grabarczyk, J. Ehrmann, S. Scinicariello, D. Haselbach, J. Menche, T. Clausen, E. Karagoez, G. A. Versteeg
The paper identifies UBR4, UBR5, and HUWE1 as E3 ligases that degrade cancer-associated APOBEC3 proteins to prevent genome mutagenesis.
bioRxiv · Apr 23, 2024Cell Biology