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ArticleNature communications2017

Global mapping of CARM1 substrates defines enzyme specificity and substrate recognition.

Evgenia Shishkova, Hao Zeng, Fabao Liu, Nicholas W Kwiecien, Alexander S Hebert, Joshua J Coon, Wei Xu

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Article in Nature communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers.

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83citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

83 citing papers in PubMed, 136 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Evgenia ShishkovaThe Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA.
Hao ZengMcArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA.
Fabao LiuMcArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA.
Nicholas W KwiecienThe Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA.
Alexander S HebertThe Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA.
Joshua J CoonThe Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA.
Wei XuMcArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · USEnergy Center of Wisconsin · US

Funding

UW COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER SUPPORTP30CA014520 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Justine Yang Bruce · 1985 to 2026
$142.6M
TR&D 2 Metabolic Labels for Ultraplexed Protein Quantification p. 453P41GM108538 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI COON, JOSHUA J · 2016 to 2025
$13.1M
Role of Beta-Catenin in Urinary DysfunctionU54DK104310 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI STRAND, DOUGLAS WILLIAM, VEZINA, CHAD M. · 2014 to 2023
$12.8M
Protein Arginine Methylation in Chemotherapy ResistanceR01CA213293 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI XU, WEI · 2017 to 2021
$795k
Targeting Triple Negative Breast Cancer Using Nanoparticles Loaded with the Anti-Cancer Drug AminoflavoneR21CA196653 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI GONG, SHAOQIN -, XU, WEI · 2016 to 2017
$337k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014520NCI NIH HHS R01 CA213293NCI NIH HHS R21 CA196653NIDDK NIH HHS U54 DK104310NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM108538
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) introduce arginine methylation, a post-translational modification with the increasingly eminent role in normal physiology and disease. PRMT4 or coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1 (CARM1) is a propitious target for cancer therapy; however, few CARM1 substrates are known, and its mechanism of substrate recognition is poorly understood. Here we employed a quantitative mass spectrometry approach to globally profile CARM1 substrates in breast cancer cell lines. We identified >130 CARM1 protein substrates and validated in vitro >90% of sites they encompass. Bioinformatics analyses reveal enrichment of proline-containing motifs, in which both methylation sites and their proximal sequences are frequently targeted by somatic mutations in cancer. Finally, we demonstrate that the N-terminus of CARM1 is involved in substrate recognition and nearly indispensable for substrate methylation. We propose that development of CARM1-specific inhibitors should focus on its N-terminus and predict that other PRMTs may employ similar mechanism for substrate recognition.

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Amino Acid MotifsAntineoplastic AgentsArginineBreast NeoplasmsChromatography, High Pressure LiquidComputational BiologyEnzyme InhibitorsFemaleGene Knockout TechniquesHEK293 CellsHumansMCF-7 CellsMethylationMolecular Targeted TherapyMutationProlineAntineoplastic AgentsArgininecoactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1Enzyme InhibitorsProlineProtein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases

Identifiers

PMID28537268
PMCPMC5458078
OpenAlexW2619204305

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