Progress and outlook in studying the substrate specificities of PARPs and related enzymes
Despite decades of research on ADP‐ribosyltransferases (ARTs) from the poly(ADP‐ribose) polymerase (PARP) family, one key aspect of these enzymes – their substrate specificity – has remained unclear. Here, we briefly discuss the history of this area and, more extensively, the recent breakthroughs, i...
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| author | Suskiewicz, MJ Palazzo, L Hughes, R Ahel, I |
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| description | Despite decades of research on ADP‐ribosyltransferases (ARTs) from the poly(ADP‐ribose) polymerase (PARP) family, one key aspect of these enzymes – their substrate specificity – has remained unclear. Here, we briefly discuss the history of this area and, more extensively, the recent breakthroughs, including the identification of protein serine residues as a major substrate of PARP1 and PARP2 in human cells and of cysteine and tyrosine as potential targets of specific PARPs. On the molecular level, the modification of serine residues requires a composite active site formed by PARP1 or PARP2 together with a specificity‐determining factor, HPF1; this represents a new paradigm not only for PARPs but generally for post‐translational modification (PTM) catalysis. Additionally, we discuss the identification of DNA as a substrate of PARP1, PARP2 and PARP3, and some bacterial ARTs and the discovery of noncanonical RNA capping by several PARP family members. Together, these recent findings shed new light on PARP‐mediated catalysis and caution to 'expect the unexpected' when it comes to further potential substrates. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:0f39978c-9f85-49d5-932c-eb0db47399f02022-03-26T09:50:05ZProgress and outlook in studying the substrate specificities of PARPs and related enzymesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:0f39978c-9f85-49d5-932c-eb0db47399f0EnglishSymplectic ElementsWiley2020Suskiewicz, MJPalazzo, LHughes, RAhel, IDespite decades of research on ADP‐ribosyltransferases (ARTs) from the poly(ADP‐ribose) polymerase (PARP) family, one key aspect of these enzymes – their substrate specificity – has remained unclear. Here, we briefly discuss the history of this area and, more extensively, the recent breakthroughs, including the identification of protein serine residues as a major substrate of PARP1 and PARP2 in human cells and of cysteine and tyrosine as potential targets of specific PARPs. On the molecular level, the modification of serine residues requires a composite active site formed by PARP1 or PARP2 together with a specificity‐determining factor, HPF1; this represents a new paradigm not only for PARPs but generally for post‐translational modification (PTM) catalysis. Additionally, we discuss the identification of DNA as a substrate of PARP1, PARP2 and PARP3, and some bacterial ARTs and the discovery of noncanonical RNA capping by several PARP family members. Together, these recent findings shed new light on PARP‐mediated catalysis and caution to 'expect the unexpected' when it comes to further potential substrates. |
| spellingShingle | Suskiewicz, MJ Palazzo, L Hughes, R Ahel, I Progress and outlook in studying the substrate specificities of PARPs and related enzymes |
| title | Progress and outlook in studying the substrate specificities of PARPs and related enzymes |
| title_full | Progress and outlook in studying the substrate specificities of PARPs and related enzymes |
| title_fullStr | Progress and outlook in studying the substrate specificities of PARPs and related enzymes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Progress and outlook in studying the substrate specificities of PARPs and related enzymes |
| title_short | Progress and outlook in studying the substrate specificities of PARPs and related enzymes |
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