• GADL1 is a multifunctional decarboxylase with tissue-specific roles in β-alanine and carnosine production 

      Mahootchi, Elaheh; Homaei, Selina Cannon; Kleppe, Rune; Winge, Ingeborg; Hegvik, Tor-Arne; Perez, Roberto Megias; Totland, Christian; Mogavero, Floriana; Baumann, Anne; Glennon, Jeffrey Colm; Miletic, Hrvoje; Kursula, Petri; Haavik, Jan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Carnosine and related β-alanine–containing peptides are believed to be important antioxidants, pH buffers, and neuromodulators. However, their biosynthetic routes and therapeutic potential are still being debated. This ...
    • Mechanism of actin N-terminal acetylation 

      Rebowski, Grzegorz; Boczkowska, Malgorzata; Drazic, Adrian; Ree, Rasmus Moen; Goris, Marianne; Arnesen, Thomas; Dominguez, Roberto (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      About 80% of human proteins are amino-terminally acetylated (Nt-acetylated) by one of seven Nt-acetyltransferases (NATs). Actin, the most abundant protein in the cytoplasm, has its own dedicated NAT, NAA80, which acts ...
    • PARP14 is a PARP with both ADP-ribosyl transferase and hydrolase activities 

      Đukić, Nina; Strømland, Øyvind; Elsborg, Jonas Damgaard; Munnur, Deeksha; Zhu, Kang; Schuller, Marion; Chatrin, Chatrin; Kar, Pulak; Duma, Lena; Suyari, Osamu; Rack, Johannes Gregor Matthias; Baretić, Domagoj; Crudgington, Dorian Richard Kenneth; Groslambert, Joséphine; Fowler, Gerissa; Wijngaarden, Sven; Prokhorova, Evgeniia; Rehwinkel, Jan; Schüler, Herwig; Filippov, Dmitri V.; Sanyal, Sumana; Ahel, Dragana; Nielsen, Michael L.; Smith, Rebecca; Ahel, Ivan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      PARP14 is a mono–ADP-ribosyl transferase involved in the control of immunity, transcription, and DNA replication stress management. However, little is known about the ADP-ribosylation activity of PARP14, including its ...
    • Synoviocyte-targeted therapy synergizes with TNF inhibition in arthritis reversal 

      Svensson, Mattias N.D.; Zoccheddu, Martina; Yang, Shen; Nygaard, Gyrid; Secchi, Christian; Doody, Karen M.; Slowikowski, Kamil; Mizoguchi, Fumitaka; Humby, Frances; Hands, Rebecca; Santelli, Eugenio; Sacchetti, Cristiano; Wakabayashi, Kuninobu; Wu, Dennis J.; Barback, Christopher; Ai, Rizi; Wang, Wei; Sims, Gary P.; Mydel, Piotr Mateusz; Kasama, Tsuyoshi; Boyle, David L.; Galimi, Francesco; Vera, David; Tremblay, Michel L.; Raychaudhuri, Soumya; Brenner, Michael B.; Firestein, Gary S.; Pitzalis, Costantino; Ekwall, Anna-Karin H.; Stanford, Stephanie M.; Bottini, Nunzio (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) are joint-lining cells that promote rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathology. Current disease-modifying antirheumatic agents (DMARDs) operate through systemic immunosuppression. FLS-targeted ...