Acetylation on histone H3 lysine 9 mediates a switch from transcription initiation to elongation

…, Q Feng, B Zhu, MT Bedford, CA Sagum… - Journal of Biological …, 2017 - ASBMB
The transition from transcription initiation to elongation is a key regulatory step in gene
expression, which requires RNA polymerase II (pol II) to escape promoter proximal pausing on …

Discovery of a chemical probe for the L3MBTL3 methyllysine reader domain

…, JM Herold, CJ MacNevin, JL Norris, CA Sagum… - Nature chemical …, 2013 - nature.com
We describe the discovery of UNC1215, a potent and selective chemical probe for the
methyllysine (Kme) reading function of L3MBTL3, a member of the malignant brain tumor (MBT) …

Arginine methylation-dependent reader-writer interplay governs growth control by E2F-1

…, J Moehlenbrink, YC Lu, LP Zalmas, CA Sagum… - Molecular cell, 2013 - cell.com
The mechanisms that underlie and dictate the different biological outcomes of E2F-1 activity
have yet to be elucidated. We describe the residue-specific methylation of E2F-1 by the …

The tumour suppressor gene WWOX is mutated in autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia with epilepsy and mental retardation

M Mallaret, M Synofzik, J Lee, CA Sagum, M Mahajnah… - Brain, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We previously localized a new form of recessive ataxia with generalized tonic-clonic epilepsy
and mental retardation to a 19 Mb interval in 16q21-q23 by homozygosity mapping of a …

SARS-CoV-2 Envelope (E) protein interacts with PDZ-domain-2 of host tight junction protein ZO1

A Shepley-McTaggart, CA Sagum, I Oliva… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Newly emerged SARS-CoV-2 is the cause of an ongoing global pandemic leading to severe
respiratory disease in humans. SARS-CoV-2 targets epithelial cells in the respiratory tract …

Protein arginine methyltransferase CARM1 attenuates the paraspeckle-mediated nuclear retention of mRNAs containing IRAlus

…, W Xue, M Huang, CC Wong, CA Sagum… - Genes & …, 2015 - genesdev.cshlp.org
In many cells, mRNAs containing inverted repeated Alu elements (IRAlus) in their 3′
untranslated regions (UTRs) are inefficiently exported to the cytoplasm. Such nuclear retention …

Human MettL3-MettL14 RNA adenine methyltransferase complex is active on double-stranded DNA containing lesions

…, J Yang, T Hajian, M Vedadi, CA Sagum… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
MettL3-MettL14 methyltransferase complex has been studied widely for its role in RNA
adenine methylation. This complex is also recruited to UV- and X-ray exposed DNA damaged …

ITCH E3 ubiquitin ligase interacts with Ebola virus VP40 to regulate budding

Z Han, CA Sagum, MT Bedford, SS Sidhu… - Journal of …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Ebola virus (EBOV) and Marburg virus (MARV) belong to the Filoviridae family and can
cause outbreaks of severe hemorrhagic fever, with high mortality rates in humans. The EBOV …

G9a-mediated methylation of ERα links the PHF20/MOF histone acetyltransferase complex to hormonal gene expression

X Zhang, D Peng, Y Xi, C Yuan, CA Sagum… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The euchromatin histone methyltransferase 2 (also known as G9a) methylates histone H3K9
to repress gene expression, but it also acts as a coactivator for some nuclear receptors. The …

Ubiquitin ligase WWP1 interacts with Ebola virus VP40 to regulate egress

Z Han, CA Sagum, F Takizawa, G Ruthel… - Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Ebola virus (EBOV) is a member of the Filoviridae family and the cause of hemorrhagic
fever outbreaks. The EBOV VP40 (eVP40) matrix protein is the main driving force for virion …